Indonesian police have released sketches of the two men believed to be the suicide bombers who attacked luxury hotels in Jakarta on Friday.

The sketches of the reconstructed faces were based on two heads found in the wreckage at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels.

The attacks killed nine people and injured scores of others.
Analysts believe they were carried out by an offshoot of the militant Islamic group Jemaah Islamiah.

The man whose remains were found in the Ritz-Carlton is dark-skinned with short dark hair. Police said he was aged between 20 and 40.

The second man, found at the Marriott, was lighter skinned. The police said he was aged between 16 and 17.

Government official
Several foreigners were among those who died in Friday’s attack, including New Zealander Timothy Mackay, 62, president director of Holcim Indonesia cement company and Australians Nathan Verity and Garth McEvoy.

Another of the victims was Craig Senger, the first Australian government official to be killed in a terrorist attack; he worked as a trade commission officer at the embassy in Jakarta.

Officials said 17 foreigners were among the wounded, including eight Americans and citizens of Australia, Britain, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and South Korea.

Police say they are investigating similarities to the twin bomb attacks on Bali in 2002, which killed 202 people.

BBC