Hotel Girl

The Ritz Carlton and Marriott hotels in Jakarta have been hit by two bomb blasts overnight.

At least nine people, including foreigners, have been killed and 48 injured in the explosions at the luxury hotels in the Indonesian capital.

The first two blasts, in Jakarta's central business district, occurred at about 0730 (0030 GMT). It's thought the Ritz CArtlon bomb was in the hotel's restaurant, while the Marriott's blast came from the basement.

Reuters quoted police as saying another, unexploded, bomb had also been found at the JW Marriott.

"I heard two sounds like 'boom, boom' coming from the Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton. Then I saw people running out," security guard Eko Susanto told AFP.

The Manchester United football team had apparently been due to arrive in Indonesia on Saturday and was booked to stay at the Ritz-Carlton

Marriott and was being taken to hospital.

The Marriott Hotel was the target of a bomb attack in August 2003 in which 13 people were killed. For pictures of the blasts