JAKARTA - A SENIOR lawmaker says there are 'indications' suicide attackers carried out the twin bombings on hotels in downtown Jakarta that killed nine and wounded 50.

Theo Sambuaga, chairman of the parliamentary security commission, said 'there are indications of suicide bombs' at the J.W. Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Friday morning. 'That is being investigated.'

The Indonesian security minister and police have said a New Zealander was among those killed.

Thirteen other foreigners were among the wounded, including nationals from the United States, Australia, Canada, India, the Netherlands, Norway and South Korea.

It has been nearly four years since a major terrorist attack in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation. -- AP

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