Fatal blasts hit Jakarta hotels
At least nine people including some foreigners have been killed in two bomb blasts at luxury hotels in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, police say.
One explosion hit the Ritz-Carlton, ripping off its facade, and the other the Marriott Hotel. At least 48 people were injured.
A third blast went off almost three hours later in the north of the city – no injuries have yet been reported.
It is not yet known who carried out the bomb attacks.
The BBC’s Karishma Vaswani says security is extremely tight around the hotels.
The blasts occurred at about 0730 local time (0030 GMT).
“I heard two sounds like ‘boom, boom’ coming from the Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton. Then I saw people running out,” security guard Eko Susanto told AFP.
Myra Junor, who witnessed the blasts from a nearby building, told Reuters windows on the lower floors of the Ritz-Carlton had shattered.
Ambulances are on the scene and there is a heavy police presence, says our correspondent.
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