Thursday, July 16, 2009

Fatal blasts hit Jakarta hotels

Ritz-Carlton hotel after blast

At least six grouping hit been killed in digit removed explosions at luxury hotels in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, personnel say.

The country's Metro TV reported that digit wind impact the Ritz-Carlton and the other, the Marriott Hotel.

Television footage showed the facade of digit of the hotels had been torn soured by the blast.

The BBC's Karishma Vaswani, correct the Marriott, said ambulances are inform and section is extremely tight.

South Jakarta personnel Col Firman Bundi said quaternary grouping who died were foreigners, reported AP.

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"There were explosions heard from digit removed places, digit the JW Marriott, the another in the Ritz Carlton," he said.

"We are ease disagreeable to analyse because correct now we are ease serving the victims," he said.

Myra Junor, who witnessed the blasts from a nearby building, told Reuters windows on the lower floors of the Ritz-Carlton had shattered.

Ambulances are continuing to become on the environs and there is a heavy personnel presence, says our correspondent.

The digit hotels are in Jakarta's bicentric playing district.

The explosions become digit weeks after statesmanly elections in Indonesia.

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