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Police stand guard in front of the Ritz-Carlton hotel after an explosion in Jakarta - Source: Reuters
Bomb blasts at two hotels in Jakarta's business district killed
nine people and wounded 42 others, Indonesian police said.
Bombings in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation,
have commonly been blamed on militant Islamic groups, but criminal
gangs, ethnic strife and politics have also been cited as possible
causes in some cases.
Following is a timeline of major blasts in
Indonesia:
Aug 1, 2000 - Philippine ambassador is among dozens wounded in a
blast outside his Jakarta home. Two people are killed.
Sept 13, 2000 - Blast at stock exchange in Jakarta kills 15 and
wounds dozens.
Dec 24, 2000 - Series of Christmas Eve blasts at Jakarta churches
and elsewhere in the country kill 17 people and wound about 100. At
first thought by some to have political motivations, the blasts are
later tied to Jemaah Islamiah.
Oct 12, 2002 - Blasts on the tourist island of Bali kill 202
people, many of them foreign tourists, including 88 Australians.
Three of the Bali bombers from the al Qaeda-linked group Jemaah
Islamiah are executed by firing squad in November 2008.
Dec 5, 2002 - Blast in a McDonald's restaurant in eastern town of
Makassar kills three.
Aug 5, 2003 - Bomb outside JW Marriott Hotel in Jakarta kills 12
people, including a Dutchman, and wounds 150. Jemaah Islamiah is
blamed.
Jan 10, 2004 - Four people are killed by a bomb in a karaoke cafe
in Palopo on Sulawesi island.
Sept 9, 2004 - A powerful bomb explodes near the Australian embassy
in central Jakarta killing 10 Indonesians and wounding more than
100. Jemaah Islamiah is blamed for the attack.
Nov 13, 2004 - An explosion near a police station on the eastern
island of Sulawesi kills five people and wounds four.
May 28, 2005 - Two bombs rip through a busy market in a Christian
town in eastern Indonesia, killing 22 people.
Oct 2, 2005 - Suicide bombers linked to Jemaah Islamiah set off
three bombs on Bali that kill 20 people, including some foreign
tourists. More than 100 people were wounded.
July 17, 2009 - Bomb blasts at the JW Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton
hotels in Jakarta's business district kill nine people and wound
42.
