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Jakarta Hotel Attacked as Trials Underway for Bali Suspects
Aired August 05, 2003 - 13:02 ET
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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: First this hour, a terror strike on an American-owned hotel halfway around the world. It happened Indonesia. At least 10 people are dead in a car bomb blast at a Marriott high rise. The wounded included at least two Americans. CNN's Maria Ressa is at the scene in Jakarta and joins us via telephone -- Maria.
MARIA RESSA, CNN JAKARTA BUREAU CHIEF: Kyra, it's a little after midnight here. The blast occurred a little less than 12 hours ago. At this point there's still about 100 people milling around, they've been held back by police lines. High-powered lights have been set up in front of the J.W. Marriott Hotel and there are police still sifting through. We see a forensics team working in the rubble.
The scope of the destruction is large. One tower has had all of its windows blown, shattered, on the inside. A few windows remain untouched on the other tower but you can see the blast's radius basically pushing in and shattering the windows of these two 33-story buildings.
At this point, the blast, this blast comes a few weeks after the government did warn of possible attacks by Jemaah Islamiyah. This is al Qaeda's network in southeast Asia. Police here say they believe this bomb had similar characteristics to the ones in the Bali blast in October last year, which killed more than 200 people. That blast has been blamed on the Jemaah Islamiyah. And within a few weeks of it, al Qaeda did claim responsibility for it -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Now, Maria, isn't there a court date set, coming up for that attack that occurred in Bali?
RESSA: Absolutely. This happens as four simultaneous trials have been going on, leaders of the Jemaah Islamiyah group. The first court verdict expected on Thursday, just two days after this blast occurred -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Maria Ressa, from Jakarta, thank you.
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Aired August 5, 2003 - 13:02 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: First this hour, a terror strike on an American-owned hotel halfway around the world. It happened Indonesia. At least 10 people are dead in a car bomb blast at a Marriott high rise. The wounded included at least two Americans. CNN's Maria Ressa is at the scene in Jakarta and joins us via telephone -- Maria.
MARIA RESSA, CNN JAKARTA BUREAU CHIEF: Kyra, it's a little after midnight here. The blast occurred a little less than 12 hours ago. At this point there's still about 100 people milling around, they've been held back by police lines. High-powered lights have been set up in front of the J.W. Marriott Hotel and there are police still sifting through. We see a forensics team working in the rubble.
The scope of the destruction is large. One tower has had all of its windows blown, shattered, on the inside. A few windows remain untouched on the other tower but you can see the blast's radius basically pushing in and shattering the windows of these two 33-story buildings.
At this point, the blast, this blast comes a few weeks after the government did warn of possible attacks by Jemaah Islamiyah. This is al Qaeda's network in southeast Asia. Police here say they believe this bomb had similar characteristics to the ones in the Bali blast in October last year, which killed more than 200 people. That blast has been blamed on the Jemaah Islamiyah. And within a few weeks of it, al Qaeda did claim responsibility for it -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Now, Maria, isn't there a court date set, coming up for that attack that occurred in Bali?
RESSA: Absolutely. This happens as four simultaneous trials have been going on, leaders of the Jemaah Islamiyah group. The first court verdict expected on Thursday, just two days after this blast occurred -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Maria Ressa, from Jakarta, thank you.
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