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Sketches of Jakarta hotel bombers released

(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-07-23 09:36

Indonesian police Wednesday released sketches of the faces of two Indonesian men they suspect were the suicide bombers in near-simultaneous attacks on two luxury hotels in Jakarta.

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One shows a chubby-faced, dark-skinned man, who police said was between 20 and 40 and was about 165 cm tall, with short, straight black hair. His remains were found at the Ritz-Carlton.

The second suspect, found at the Marriott, had a thinner, more oval-shaped face, was lighter-skinned and had short, straight black hair. Police said he was about 180 cm tall and initially said he was between 20 and 25 years old, but later changed that to between 16 and 25 years old.