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Wednesday, July 29, 2009 JAKARTA: The five-star hotels hit by suicide bombers in Indonesia's capital nearly two weeks ago reopened Wednesday with tighter security, officials said.Attackers detonated explosives-laden luggage near the hotel lounges of the J.W. Marriott and Ritz-Carlton in Jakarta on July 17, killing themselves, seven victims and wounding more than 50 others.The blasts blew out windows and caused serious damage to the hotels' ground floors, but the structures remained intact and repairs were almost complete Wednesday when they reopened.The first terrorist bombings in Indonesia in nearly four years have prompted heightened security at the hotels, national police spokesman Nanan Sukarna said, without naming specific measures. Other potential targets where Westerners gather have also increased security.Els Ramadhita, a spokeswoman for the Ritz-Carlton, provided no details about the reopening, saying only that guests were again checking in.Police suspect the Southeas...

Two explosions occurred at the Ritz Carlton and Marriott hotels respectively in Jakarta on Friday morning, killing at least 9 people and wounding more than 50 others, an Indonesian minister said. "Six of them were killed in JW Marriot Hotel and two others in Ritz Carlton," Minister for Politics, Law and Security Widodo AS told reporters at the side of blast. The minister said that nearly a half of the victims were foreigners. Among the victims were Westerners including Japanese and New Zealand citizen, the radio station said. The minister said that the first blast took place at 6:45 Jakarta time (2345 GMT Thursday) and two minutes later the second one occurred, before the hotels were opened. One New Zealand citizen of 60 years working for the PT Holchim company died in the Medistra Hospital in Jakarta, the radio station said. The deaths shocked family members of the victims who are waiting outside the hospital. An eyewitness said she saw at least three foreigners with blood ...