INDONESIA: Injured treated in hospital, following hotel blasts which killed at least 9 including foreigners and Indonesians (CLEAN)

Record ID: 792029

  • Title: INDONESIA: Injured treated in hospital, following hotel blasts which killed at least 9 including foreigners and Indonesians (CLEAN)
  • Date: 18th July 2009
  • Summary: JAKARTA, INDONESIA (JULY 17, 2009) (REUTERS) REPORTER AND FAMILY LOOKING AT LIST OF PATIENTS FROM HOTEL BLASTS AT JAKARTA HOSPITAL A REPORTER TAKING NOTE A NAME ON THE LIST READING 'DAVID POTTER' EMERGENCY ROOM AT JAKARTA HOSPITAL SECURITY OUTSIDE EMERGENCY ROOM INJURED MAN BROUGHT IN FAMILY AND REPORTERS OUTSIDE MMC HOSPITAL AMBULANCE PEOPLE LOOKING AT LIST LIST EMERGENCY ROOM CLOSED FAMILY WAITING OUTSIDE EMERGENCY ROOM HALLWAY IN EMERGENCY ROOM
  • Embargoed: 2nd August 2009 13:00
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  • Location: Indonesia
  • Country: Indonesia
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVA8RAZYPMBHSYJ87RNDPF5R0PHF
  • Story Text: Crowds gathered outside hospitals in Jakarta as the injured from near-simultaneous bomb blasts in the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels were taken inside for treatment.
    Nine people were killed and dozens wounded in the attacks which Indonesia's President says was conducted by a suspected terrorist group.
    Forty-two people were injured when the blasts ripped through the two hotels on Friday morning (July 17), including Indonesians and foreigners.
    Some of the victims were treated at three hospitals near the hotels. Family and relatives were at the hospitals to check a list outside the hospitals.
    Emergency rooms were closed to visitors.
    In Jakarta Hospital, a foreigner was taken from there to another specialist hospital.
    Indonesia's President Bambang Susilo Yudhoyono says the bomb attacks have hurt Indonesia's security and will impact the country's economy and tourism.
    At a news conference in Jakarta on Friday, he said he's asked officials to conduct a thorough investigation.
    The bomb attacks, the first in several years, could severely dent investor confidence in Southeast Asia's biggest economy. The Indonesian government had made considerable progress in tackling security threats from militant Muslims in recent years, bringing a sense of greater political stability.
    Islamist militants from the regional Jemaah Islamiah organisation were blamed for numerous attacks between 2002-2005 in Indonesia, including bombings on the island of Bali in 2002 that killed 202 people. Many militants have since been arrested.
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