The Hellenic Radio (ERA): News in English, 09-07-18
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[01] Jakarta: Jakarta: Suicide Bombers Checked in as Hotel Guests
[01] Jakarta: Jakarta: Suicide Bombers Checked in as Hotel Guests
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Noordin Mohammad Top, an alleged organizer of the 2002 Bali bombings in
2005, is widely suspected to be responsible for the blasts in
Ritz-Carlton and Marriot hotels in the center of Jakarta. The twin
attacks which killed 9 people and injured 60 have given rise to
international outcry.
Police said the bombers had checked in to the Marriott as paying guests
on Wednesday and had assembled the bombs in their room. A third bomb
was found and defused in a laptop computer bag on the 18th floor.
Indonesia's television showed closed-circuit television footage of a
man they said was the Ritz-Carlton's suspected suicide bomber. He was
wearing a baseball cap and pulling a wheelie-bag through the lobby.
Suicide bombers struck the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton, two luxury
hotels popular with businessmen and diplomats, in Jakarta's main
business district during breakfast. Seven foreigners were among those
killed in the bomb attacks. Australian authorities said they are
concerned over the fate of three Australian citizens, among them a
diplomat, who are missing since the blasts.
Indonesian antiterrorist authorities suspect Jemaah Islamiah or a
splinter, blamed for a previous Marriott attack as well as bombings on
the island of Bali in2002 that killed 202 people, to be responsible for
Friday's blasts as the attacks bear the group's hallmarks, the choice
of high-profile Western targets where the victims are likely to be
foreigners.
UN Secr. Gen Ban Ki moon and US president Barrack Obama condemned the
terrorist attacks and expressed certainty that the culprits would face
justice.
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