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Two suicide bombers in Jakarta blasts -police chief

Fri Jul 17, 2009 7:46am EDT

JAKARTA, July 17 (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers were behind bomb attacks in Jakarta hotels on Friday morning, the national police chief told reporters.

Two bomb blasts, one at the JW Marriott, the other at the Ritz-Carlton in Jakarta's main business district killed 8 people and injured more than 60, including foreigners and Indonesians. (Reporting by Olivia Rondonuwu, Editing by Sara Webb)





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