The terrorists who bombed the JW Marriott hotel in South Jakarta last week may have planned to blow up room 1808 of the US hotel chain before they changed their target, police say.
National Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Ketut Untung Yoga Ana said Thursday investigators found a timer in the room where the suicide bomber stayed before he launched the attack.
The bomb exploded in the Syailendra restaurant on the hotel’s ground floor.
"Based on the investigation, it was found that the timer was actually made to be used. Thus we suspect the terrorists had planned to blow up the room first," he said.
The police confirmed nine people were killed, including the two suicide bombers, in the attack on the JW Marriott and nearby Ritz-Carlton hotels last Friday. Six of the casualties were foreigners.
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