NEW : contributed to this story . Death toll rises to eight , a presidential spokesman says . Explosions hit Ritz - Carlton and Mt . Marriott hotels in Jakarta . At the hotel , second floor was blown out , as though blast occurred from within . The hotel was the site of a terrorist attack in August 2003 that killed 12 people .
NEW : Death toll rises to eight , a presidential spokesman says . Explosions hit Ritz - Carlton and Mt . Marriott hotels in Jakarta . At the hotel , second floor was blown out , as though blast occurred from within . The hotel was the site of a terrorist attack in August 2003 that killed 12 people .