According to Indonesian Security Minister Widodo Adi Sucipto, nine persons were killed and at least 42 injured in two powerful blasts that hit the Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton hotels in the Mega Kuningan business area in Jakarta early on the morning of July 17. Widodo told reporters that six of the victims were killed at the Marriott hotel, two others at the Ritz-Carlton hotel and one died in the hospital. Of the 42 injured, 13 were foreigners.
The explosion at the Marriott hotel occurred at 7:47 a.m. at the Restaurant Syailendra in the hotel's basement, two minutes before the explosion at the Ritz-Carlton. At the Ritz, windows were blown out in a restaurant on the second floor. It appeared that the improvised explosive device (IED) had been placed inside a restaurant there too.
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