Police seized hotel bomb plot documents

INDONESIAN police seized documents last month showing terrorists were planning an attack in the area around Jakarta’s Marriott Hotel, where 10 people died yesterday in a suicide car bombing.

Meanwhile, the alleged mastermind of last year’s Bali nightclub bombings said he was happy about the hotel attack, and that he hoped Muslims had carried it out. “Thank God, I am thankful”, Imam Samudra shouted in court yesterday at the trial of another key suspect in the Bali bombings.

Another alleged Bali bomber, Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, also reacted joyously, yelling out “Bomb” when he was asked about the explosion. Australia warned its citizens yesterday of the risk of more terror attacks in Indonesia, citing intelligence picked up in the hours after yesterday’s attack.