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This is an archive article published on July 17, 2009

Jakarta hotel blasts are terrorist acts: President’s spokesman

Bomb blasts at JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta on Friday morning were terrorist bombs,said Indonesian govt.

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Bomb blasts at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta’s central business district on Friday morning were terrorist bombs,presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal was quoted as saying on Metro TV.

It’s clear this is not a gas explosion but terrorist bombs,Djalal said.

Two bombs,at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton in Kuningan,Jakarta,killed 9 people and injured 50.

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