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Hotel Bombings in Jakarta

From chaos in the lobby of the Ritz-Carlton to the presidential visit to victims in the hospital, The Daily Beast presents a wrap of developments and eyewitness accounts.

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Indonesian soldiers stand guard outside the site of a bomb blast at Ritz-Carlton hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, July 18, 2009. Investigators worked Saturday to identify a pair of suicide bombers who attacked two American luxury hotels in Indonesia's capital, and health officials confirmed at least four of the dead were foreigners.

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Indonesian bomb blast victim Oki Utama lies on a bed as his mother looks on at Jakarta's MMC hospital, Saturday, July 18, 2009. Investigators worked Saturday to identify a pair of suicide bombers who attacked two American luxury hotels in Indonesia's capital, and health officials confirmed at least four of the dead were foreigners.

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A guard assists a departing guest with his luggage from the damaged Ritz-Carlton hotel in Jakarta on July 18, 2009. A Malaysian extremist wanted for a string of terror attacks has been named as the man most likely behind twin suicide bombings at luxury hotels in Indonesia which killed at least nine people.

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Indonesian soldiers are seen standing next to foreign tourists as they patrol at Kuta beach in Bali, Indonesia on Saturday, July 18, 2009. Suicide bombers posing as guests attacked the J.W. Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta on Friday, setting off a pair of blasts that killed eight people and wounded more than 50, authorities said. The Health Ministry crisis center has identified five of the dead _ two from Australia, one from New Zealand, one from Singapore and one from Indonesia.

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Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) inspects the damage caused by Friday's bombings at the Ritz-Carlton hotel on July 18, 2009 in Jakarta, Indonesia. At least nine people, including two suicide bombers, died in the attacks on the Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott hotels in Jakarta on Friday July 17. No-one has as yet has taken responsibility.

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An Indonesian police officer walks amid the debris at the site of the bombing at Ritz-Carlton hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, July 18, 2009. Investigators worked Saturday to identify a pair of suicide bombers who attacked two American luxury hotels in Indonesia's capital, and health officials confirmed at least four of the dead were foreigners.

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The damage inflicted by a bomb blast on a restaurant of the JW Marriot hotel is seen on July 18, 2009 in Jakarta, Indonesia. At least nine people, including two suicide bombers, died in the attacks on the Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott hotels in Jakarta on Friday July 17. No-one has as yet has taken responsibility.

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Giant wreaths sit outside a Jakarta hospital chapel for Indonesian bombing victim Timothy Mackay of New Zealand, Saturday, July 18, 2009. Investigators worked Saturday to identify a pair of suicide bombers who attacked two American luxury hotels in Indonesia's capital, and health officials confirmed at least four of the dead were foreigners.

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Policemen and ambulance personnel stand at the front of the JW Marriot hotel in Jakarta on July 17, 2009 after high-explosive bombs tore through the luxury hote killing at least nine people including foreigners. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono denounced the attacks as an "act of terrorism".

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A guest of the Ritz-Carlton hotel checks out following the bomb blast at the Ritz-Carlton hotel.

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Hotel employees gather outside the Ritz-Carlton hotel after an explosion went off.

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This handout photo released by the State Secreteriat shows Indonesian policemen as they examine the site of a blast inside the Ritz Carlton hotel in Jakarta.

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A woman reacts outside the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Jakarta on July 17, 2009 after a blast tore through the hotel as well as the nearby JW Marriott.

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A foreigner injured in the hotel bombings is wheeled out of a treatment room at a hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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A view of the damage done to a restaurant in the Ritz-Carlton hotel.

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Indonesian counter-terrorist police commandos secure the damaged Ritz-Carlton hotel in Jakarta after an explosion hit the Ritz-Carlton and nearby JW Marriot.

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Police officers inspect the damage after an explosion went off at the Marriott hotel.

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Smoke rises from the Ritz-Carlton hotel after an explosion.

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Smoke billows from J.W. Marriott hotel after an explosion went off in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, July 17, 2009.

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