Melaugh
17 July 2009, 04:29 PM
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Suicide bombers posing as guests attacked American luxury hotels in Indonesia's capital and set off a pair of blasts Friday that killed eight people and wounded more than 50, authorities said.
The bombings, which came two minutes apart, ended a four-year lull in terror attacks in the world's most populous Muslim nation. At least eight Americans were among the wounded.
The blasts at the high-rise J.W. Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels, located side-by-side in an upscale business district in Jakarta, blew out windows and scattered debris and glass across the street, kicking up a thick plume of smoke. An Associated Press reporter saw bodies being carried away in police trucks.
Yahoo! Story (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090717/ap_on_re_as/as_indonesia_explosions)
Wow. That was the same hotel bombed in 2003. I would not stay there if I was you.
The bombings, which came two minutes apart, ended a four-year lull in terror attacks in the world's most populous Muslim nation. At least eight Americans were among the wounded.
The blasts at the high-rise J.W. Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels, located side-by-side in an upscale business district in Jakarta, blew out windows and scattered debris and glass across the street, kicking up a thick plume of smoke. An Associated Press reporter saw bodies being carried away in police trucks.
Yahoo! Story (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090717/ap_on_re_as/as_indonesia_explosions)
Wow. That was the same hotel bombed in 2003. I would not stay there if I was you.