Blasts heard near Jakarta hotels

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Source: BBC News

Explosions have been heard at two hotels in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, reports say.

The country's Metro TV reported that the blast was heard and felt at the Ritz-Carlton and Marriott Hotels.

At least three people were injured in the Marriott blast, the Associated Press quoted police as saying.

There have been no further reports on casualties so far.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8155084.stm

[thewiseguy]

1. It was about 8 am local time when those blasts hit

I assume they did that to cause the maximum number of casualties both on the outside of the hotel due to the rush hour and inside where guests would be still in their rooms.

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2. Indonesia police report car bomb on N Jakarta toll road

Indonesia police report car bomb on N Jakarta toll road

Indonesian police said on Friday a car bomb went off at a toll road in north Jakarta, following two bomb blasts earlier in the day at JW Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta's business district.

Metro TV said two people were killed in the car bomb.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/JKB001280.htm