
Explosions tore through two luxury hotels Friday morning in south Jakarta, Indonesia, killing at least eight people, a presidential spokesman said.
The number of injured was in the 40s, said Dino Patti Djalal, spokesman for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. They were taken to area hospitals.
Hours later, local television reported a car bombing in north Jakarta, but that report was immediately contradicted by various other media sources.
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CNN's Andy Saputra in Jakarta and Miranda Leitsinger in Hong Kong. contributed to this story.
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