The Marriott Bombing Part 2
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Long before the bombs went off at the Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels last Friday in Mega Kuningan, Jakarta, the police were on to the possibility of an attempted bombing. In fact, a day before the explosions, the bomb squad had combed through the office of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), following a telephoned bomb threat. However, just like the incident six years ago at the same location, the police were too slow to act.
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The tight security at the entry, and the fact that cars can only get as close as 100 meters to the lobby, led the perpetrator to detonate the bomb from inside the buildings. This is a different method than the one used in the 2003 bombing, when the perpetrator used a car bomb and drove it to the front of the lobby.
The perpetrator is suspected to have stayed in room 1808 since July 15. This is where the bomb was assembled. For two days, t
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