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Fri, 07/17/2009 - 20:04
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POLICE EVACUATE SUSPECTED BOMB FROM JW MARRIOTT HOTEL
Jakarta, July 17 (ANTARA) - Police found an object suspected to be a bomb in one of the rooms at JW Marriott Hotel, in Mega Kuningan area, south Jakarta, Friday.
The object was later taken away from the hotel area by a bomb-squad car.
Adjunct Senior Commissioner Ahmad Rifai, head of the Jakarta Police's mobile investigation unit, ordered tens of journalists to leave the hotel's building. He also asked hundreds of the public and journalists staying about 10 meters from the hotel's lobby, to move away from the location.
Meanwhile, a retired army officer who preferred to be anonymous, said that based on CCTV recording, the police suspected that the perpetrators of the bombings at JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels were hotel guests.
The former army officer, who worked for the presidential office, said the bombings were well planned as the perpetrators could pass tight security at the two hotels, especially JW Marriott which had been bombed in 2003.
He believed that the bombings had noting to do with the recent presidential election won by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
The explosions hit Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott Hotels in the Mega Kuningan area, central Jakarta, early Friday, killing at least nine people and injuring 41 others, including 16 foreigners being treated at MMC Hospital.
Head of the National Police's Public Relations Division Inspector General Nanang Sukarna said here on Friday eight people were killed on the spot at the JW Marriott Hotel and two at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, while one died at the Medistra Hospital.
Police investigators and bomb squad personnel were still investigating the cause of the explosions.
The Marriott Hotel was bombed by terrorists before, namely on August 5, 2003. Some 12 people, including a Dutch national, were killed and 147 others wounded.***
The object was later taken away from the hotel area by a bomb-squad car.
Adjunct Senior Commissioner Ahmad Rifai, head of the Jakarta Police's mobile investigation unit, ordered tens of journalists to leave the hotel's building. He also asked hundreds of the public and journalists staying about 10 meters from the hotel's lobby, to move away from the location.
Meanwhile, a retired army officer who preferred to be anonymous, said that based on CCTV recording, the police suspected that the perpetrators of the bombings at JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels were hotel guests.
The former army officer, who worked for the presidential office, said the bombings were well planned as the perpetrators could pass tight security at the two hotels, especially JW Marriott which had been bombed in 2003.
He believed that the bombings had noting to do with the recent presidential election won by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
The explosions hit Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott Hotels in the Mega Kuningan area, central Jakarta, early Friday, killing at least nine people and injuring 41 others, including 16 foreigners being treated at MMC Hospital.
Head of the National Police's Public Relations Division Inspector General Nanang Sukarna said here on Friday eight people were killed on the spot at the JW Marriott Hotel and two at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, while one died at the Medistra Hospital.
Police investigators and bomb squad personnel were still investigating the cause of the explosions.
The Marriott Hotel was bombed by terrorists before, namely on August 5, 2003. Some 12 people, including a Dutch national, were killed and 147 others wounded.***
