Two Jakarta, Indonesia Hotels Bombed; At Least Nine Dead - Video 7/16/09
NOTE: You can keep checking updates on the Jakarta Bombings through the night here in the U.S. via Twitter Breaking News and via the Twitter updates of Michael von Poppel.
UPDATE 5 - 11:43 pm cst: Via Twitter - http://twitter.com/mpoppel - Report that one Australian CEO has been killed in the bombings.
UPDATE 4 - 11:39 pm cst: Via Twitter - Conflicting reports on nature of car explosion in North Jakarta. Some reports say the car burned and exploded but not a bomb. But Metro TV reports police in Jakarta confirm it was a car bomb and two people were killed.
UPDATE 3 - 11:29 pm cst: Via Twitter - Here's a reported photo of the car bomb blast in North Jakarta near the entrance to a Toll Road Gate.
UPDATE 2 - 11:25 pm cst: Via Twitter - Reports say a third bomb has exploded in North Jakarta - a car bomb at the entrance to a Toll Gate. No further details.
UPDATE 1 - 10:52 pm cst: CNN now reporting at least two Americans being treated at hospitals; may be more American casualties.
Here is video from the scene of two hotel bombings in Jakarta, Indonesia, where bombs have gone off at the Ritz-Carlton and the Marriott Hotels in Indonesia's Capital City. As of 10:44 PM CST, reports say 9 people are dead, and 50 wounded. Those totals are expected to rise.
Indonesia is the largest Muslim nation in the world, with the population being more than 90% Islamic. Jemaah Islamiyah is a radical Islamic group linked to Al-Qaeda, and were linked to the deadly Bali bombings in 2002 that killed 202 people in two blasts.












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