
17 July 2009 again bomb Jakarta in Ritz Carlton and JW Marriot Hotels. 9 dead, and many more injured as two boms went off at Ritz Carlton and JW Marriot.
Xin Hua reports :
Two high explosive bombs rocked two luxurious hotels of Ritz Carlton and JW Marriot in central Jakarta Friday morning, killing at least 9 people and wounding more than 50.
The death toll rose to nine after the life of Timothy Mackay, the 60-year-old president of PT Holcim from New Zealand, could not be saved in hospital, the hospital official said.
Earlier, Minister for Politics, Law and Security and Minister Widodo AS confirmed 8 people were killed on the sites. “Six of them killed in JW Marriot Hotel and two others in Ritz Carlton.”
The minister said nearly a half of the victims were foreigners, among which were Japanese a Our heart goest to the victim.Our strongest condemnation to whoever carried out this terrorist act.
CCTV Video shows possible suicide bomber in hotel
Via Reuters
Indonesia’s TVOne showed closed circuit television footage on Friday of a man suspected of detonating a bomb that went off in the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Jakarta, one of two near-simultaneous bomb attacks.
The CCTV footage showed a man wearing a baseball cap and pulling a small wheelie-bag behind him as he entered the hotel lobby.
Watch the CCTV VIDEO footage of a man suspected of detonating a bomb in Ritz Carlton from TVOne