Sad news in Indonesia again ....

Hotel blast 'caused by suicide bomber'

JAKARTA (JP): The explosion at the JW Marriot Hotel in the Mega Kuningan business complex in Kuningan, South Jakarta, was a suicide bombing, a senior minister said on Tuesday.

"It is definitely a suicide bombing using a car," saidCoordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the scene of the explosion.

National Police chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar said police had found the wreckage of a Kijang minivan believed to have been used in the explosion.

"Our officers found the car's engine and chassis registration numbers, as well as its number plate," he said.

"Based on this information we will start our investigation to find the culprits," he said.

Da'i said the explosion left a crater of some two meters in diameter in the hotel's lobby.

"So far the death toll is at 10, with another 70 injured. The blast also damaged 22 vehicles," he said.

Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Prasetyo said the blast was caused by a high-explosive bomb. He said the explosion destroyed the hotel lobby and shattered windows as high up as the 20th floor of the hotel.

It is very sad and scary to think this kind of thing could happen anytime, anywhere

that is very true, there is nowhere safe now.

these people do not give a regard for any other persons human rights, since when were they allowed to play God and dictate who and when should live and die, if we lived by the bible it would be an eye for an eye, but all these do-gooders go on about convicted terroists human rights!!! didn't they give their own up when they took other peoples.

My thoughts go out to everyone affected by this thoughtless act.

Are you talking about the USA there?

mike and goose will be on to this like a shot.

No Pun intended right?

nope. i feel this may turn into another anti-american debate, though.

If it turns in to a debate, surely it won't be anti-american, if both points of view are put forward?

certain individuals' opinions hold a lot more weight than others' is all i'm saying.

You mean some people are overbearing?