Saturday, July 18, 2009

Hunt on for Jakarta bomb plotters

Ritz-Carlton in Jakarta

Police in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, are studying polymer and another evidence to essay to refer those behindhand the noxious attacks on digit hotels on Friday.

At small nine people, including digit suicide bombers, died in the attacks on the Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott.

At small half of the victims are said to be foreigners but they are ease to be formally identified.

A crowning anti-terror official was quoted as locution Malaysian crusader Noordin Muhammad Top was linked to the attacks.

The BBC's Karishma Vaswani in Djakarta says the Asiatic people hit been truly shocked by these attacks as they thought they had put events same this behindhand them.

'Shoulder to shoulder'

Investigators on weekday recovered an unexploded bomb and another explosives touchable from what they said was the "control centre" for the attacks - shack 1808 in the Marriott.

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The attackers paid to stay at the hotel and smuggled in the explosives before detonating them in digit restaurants on Friday.

CCTV footage showed digit attacker act a container actuation a bag on wheels into the Marriott restaurant, followed by a flash and smoke.

"I strongly objurgate the attacks that occurred... in Djakarta and modify my deepest condolences to every of the victims and their idolized ones"

Barack Obama

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A senior counter-terrorism official, Ansyaad Mbai, was quoted by the state-run Antara news agency on Sat as locution the attacks were "clearly linked" to Noordin Muhammad Top.

He is believed to lead a splinter assemble of Jemaah Islamiah, which was blamed for the noxious 2002 island bomb attacks and a number of others in Indonesia.

Friday's bombs contained nails, ball bearings and bolts, identical to ones used by Jemaah Islamiah, personnel said.

Security has been tightened across state in the consequence of the attacks, with 500 troops put on histrion to hold personnel in the capital.

A new Zealander, bourgeois Tim Mackay, has been addicted killed.

Australia fears for threesome absent nationals, including functionary Craig Senger and Perth bourgeois Nathan Verity.

But details of the victims are ease not confirmed. One upbeat ministry inform said the identified departed included digit Australians, a New Zealander, a Singaporean and an Indonesian.

Police in Jakarta

At small 17 foreigners were among the wounded, including eight Americans.

Other external nationals wounded included visitors from Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea and the UK.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono confiscated the attacks as "cruel and inhuman".

US President Barack Obama said: "I strongly objurgate the attacks that occurred... in Djakarta and modify my deepest condolences to every of the victims and their idolized ones."

Australian Foreign Minister Stephen adventurer is cod to arrive in Djakarta on Saturday.

He said he desired to defence "shoulder to shoulder with state at this terrible time".

The metropolis United sport team had been booked to stay in the Ritz-Carlton incoming week aweigh of a game in Jakarta.

The team has cancelled the Asiatic handicap of their tour.

The attacks come meet weeks after the tranquil presidential elections.

The country of 240 meg people has been praised in past years for maintaining a pluralist ism patch finding and punishing immoderate Islamists responsible for the program of bombings more than fivesome years ago.

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