Jakarta, Aug 06: The number of people killed in a Jakarta hotel bombing today climbed to 14, officials said. The latest fatality was an Indonesian taxi driver, who died overnight as a result of his wounds, hospital staff said.
The Marriott was transformed into a bloody inferno when a vehicle packed with explosives blew up on the driveway leading to its front entrance around midday yesterday.
Officials said 14 people were killed, and 148 people were wounded.


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