Nine dead, 50 wounded in two Jakarta blasts
At least nine people were killed and 50 wounded early on Friday in two near-simultaneous blasts in the capital of Indonesia, Jakarta, police said.
The explosions ripped through two luxury hotels, the Marriott and Ritz-Carlton, in an upscale business district of the city at about 8:00 a.m. (01.00 GMT).
Police reported at least 14 foreigners among the victims.
A third explosion in the north of the city occurred two hours later, killing two people, but police said it was not related to the previous blasts.
Police said another unexploded bomb was found in a room at the Marriott. The search for more explosive devices is continuing at the two hotels and in surrounding areas.
The explosions on Friday are the first major terrorist attacks in Indonesia since October 2005, when suicide bombers killed 20 on the popular tourist island of Bali.
The Marriott hotel was also hit by a blast in August 2003, which killed 12 and wounded 150. Another explosion at a night club in Bali killed 202 people, most of them Australian, in October 2002.
Police have since stepped up security measures and have detained most of the leaders of the al-Qaeda-inspired Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist organization, which took responsibility for the attacks.
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