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'Fatal' blasts hit Jakarta hotels | |
(10 minutes later) | |
At least four people have been killed in two separate explosions at luxury hotels in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, say reports. | |
The country's Metro TV reported that one blast hit the Ritz-Carlton and the other, the Marriott Hotel. | |
At least three people were injured in the Marriott blast, the Associated Press quoted police as saying. | At least three people were injured in the Marriott blast, the Associated Press quoted police as saying. |
South Jakarta police Col Firman Bundi said four who died were foreigners, reported AP. | |
"There were explosions heard from two separate places, one the JW Marriott, the other in the Ritz Carlton," South Jakarta Police Chief Firman Santyabudi told AP. | |
"We are still trying to check because right now we are still helping the victims," he said. | |
Myra Junor witnessed the blasts from a nearby building and said windows on the lower floors of the Ritz-Carlton had shattered. | |
The two hotels are in Jakarta's central business district. | |
The explosions come two weeks after presidential elections in Indonesia. |