Coordinated bomb attacks have hit two luxury hotels in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, killing at least six people, including foreigners, and injuring a number of others.
"There were explosions heard from two separate places, one the JW Marriott, the other in the Ritz Carlton. We are still trying to check because right now we are still helping the victims," South Jakarta Police Chief Firman Santyabudi told Indonesian Metro TV.
A caller to Fairfax Radio in Melbourne said his son, an Australian, was among the injured.
"He was in the building and all of a sudden there was a massive explosion and he was bleeding from the left leg," the caller said.
Indonesia's Jemaah Islamiyah, an al-Qaeda linked group, is believed to be behind the attacks.
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