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JAKARTA : Video from a security camera at Jakarta's Ritz-Carlton hotel has shown a man wearing a backpack on his chest and carrying a suitcase entering the restaurant moments before a bomb exploded on Friday.
The closed-circuit television footage, aired on local TV One station, showed the man wearing a suit and baseball cap walking awkwardly into the restaurant before the blast around 8:00 am (0100 GMT).
Two people were killed in the explosion at the Ritz-Carlton, while seven were killed in an attack at around the same time at the nearby JW Marriott hotel. More than 40 people were injured in the twin bombings.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks but police have said they suspect militants linked to the Jemaah Islamiyah terror network, which has been blamed for a string of bombings in Indonesia since the late 1990s.
The flickering footage from the second floor of the luxury hotel showed the large open doorway to the restaurant erupting with glass, debris and smoke as the bomb was detonated inside.
It showed people in the doorway being engulfed by the blast, while others dived for cover behind furniture and walls.
Police have said they suspect a suicide bomber of carrying out the attack at the Marriott. - AFP/ms
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