Jakarta hotel blasts due to suicide bomber - legislator

A suicide bomber was involved in the blasts at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta's central business district on Friday morning, said Theo Sambuaga, head of a parliamentary commission in charge of security affairs.

A suicide bomber was involved in the blasts at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta's central business district on Friday morning, said Theo Sambuaga, head of a parliamentary commission in charge of security affairs.

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"We received a report that 8 died at the scene...including suicide bomber who also died there," he said.
Two bombs, at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton in Kuningan, Jakarta, killed 9 people and injured 52.