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Breaking: Fatal Blasts at JW Marriott, Ritz-Carlton Jakarta

July 16, 2009 at 10:28 PM | by Jenna | 1 Comment

Some very sad news to report: at least two explosions hit the Ritz-Carlton and the JW Marriott hotels in Jakarta today.

According to the AFP:

Witnesses said they saw injured people being evacuated by car from the Ritz-Carlton hotel in the upscale Mega Kuningan business district in the centre of the city.

Police sealed off the area near the Ritz-Carlton and the JW Marriott hotels, an AFP correspondent said. Windows had been blown out of a second-storey restaurant at the Ritz Carlton.

The number of injuries is still unknown, though the Breaking News Wire Twitter is reporting six dead and 18 injured so far.

Sadly, this JW Marriott was also the site of a deadly terrorist attack in 2003.

We'll keep you updated on this story as it develops.

[Photo: Twitpic via The Age]

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  1. zeverson

    HotelChatter Member

    You also can follow along on Twitter

    Ritz-Carlton and Marriott International were quick to make use of Twitter to share info and express their sympathies about the explosions. You can follow them on Twitter at

    @MarriottIntl
    @SimonFCooper
    @RitzCarltonPR

    Also, the topic #Jakarta has some good information.

    July 17, 2009 at 4:20 PM
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