Friday, July 17, 2009

Ritz-Carlton, Marriott Hotels In Jakarta Bombed

This is just turning up on the news. So far NBC has the most thorough coverage.

Bombs hit 2 hotels in Indonesia, police say
Bodies reported at Marriott; Ritz-Carlton damaged by explosion


BREAKING NEWS
msnbc.com news services
updated less than 1 minute ago


JAKARTA, Indonesia - At least four people were killed Friday when bombs exploded at the Ritz-Carlton and Marriott hotels in Indonesian capital, police and a television station reported.

South Jakarta police Col. Firman Bundi said the dead were foreigners and their bodies were taken to a hospital.

Debris and shattered glass littered the street outside the neighboring hotels in an upscale Jakarta neighborhood. Ambulances were being shuttled into the area.



The bombs reportedly went off 5 minutes apart. This is the same Marriott hotel where 12 were killed in a 2003 attack blamed on terror network Jemaah Islamyah.

8 comments:

Unknown said...

Now remember, it would be totally racist to assume that this was done by a Muslim group. It could have been Hindus or Christians. Remember Tim McVeigh?

As a culturist, I can tell you it is not racist, it is a statistically very high probability that it is Muslims.

Racism is stupid and dangerous. Culturism is rational.

Anonymous said...

If you drink a bottle of Jack, bash your forehead with a steel pipe, and then lean over sideways, I think you'll see quite clearly it's a religion of peace.

Pastorius said...

Could have been those Buddhists again.

Nom d'un chien said...

One more reason to avoid those very expensive hotels and to go to the backpack ones.

Syamsul Alam said...

As an Indonesian, I don't think that it is caused by religion. It is politics, even Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that there are plan of revolution in Indonesia from terrorist that hate him.

Pawan said...
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Vernon Sanchez said...

Twitter is the future of journalism....

Tech said...

These bombings seem to never stop. It needs to be solved once and for all to stop all these innocent people dying.