2003 Marriott Hotel bombing

2003 JW Marriott Hotel bombing
LocationJakarta, Indonesia
Date5 August 2003 (2003-08-05)
11:58 a.m. (UTC+7)
TargetJW Marriott Jakarta
Attack type
Suicide bombing, car bomb, terrorism
Deaths12
Injured150
PerpetratorsJemaah Islamiyah
Al-Qaeda

A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb outside the lobby of the JW Marriott Jakarta hotel on 5 August 2003, killing 12 people and injuring 150. Those killed included 11 Indonesians and one Dutch national. The hotel was viewed as a Western symbol, and had been used by the United States embassy for various events.[1] The hotel was closed for five weeks and reopened to the public on 8 September 2003.

  1. ^ "Indonesia considers measures after attack" Archived 9 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Taipei Times/Reuters 14 August 2003

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