( CNN ) -- A group claiming to be the Indonesian arm of the al Qaeda terrorist network is purportedly taking responsibility for a pair of deadly bombs that exploded within minutes of each other at two luxury hotels in Jakarta . The JW Marriott in Jakarta , Indonesia , which was bombed July 17 , is guarded Wednesday . The July 17 blasts at Jakarta 's JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels killed nine people , including at least two presumed suicide bombers , and wounded more than 50 . On Wednesday , Noordin M. Top -- the suspected leader of a small splinter group of the militant Jemaah Islamiyah , which has ties to al Qaeda -- purportedly issued statements claiming responsibility for the attacks on behalf of `` al Qaeda in Indonesia . '' Top purportedly signed the statements posted on radical Islamist Web sites as the head of al Qaeda in Indonesia . CNN could not independently authenticate the statements . One of the statements says the Ritz-Carlton attack was carried out by `` one of our mujahedeen warriors against the American lackeys and stooges visiting the hotel . '' `` God has given us a blessing for us to find a way to attack the biggest hotel that America owns in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta -- the Ritz-Carlton , where security was very tight making it very difficult to initiate the attack that we did , '' the statement says . The statement mentions members of Britain 's Manchester United soccer team , which had been scheduled to check into the Ritz-Carlton on July 19 but canceled its trip after the bombing . `` Those players are Christians and therefore do not deserve Muslims ' money and respect , '' the statement says . The other statement addressed the Marriott attack . It claims that the target in that bombing was Americans with ties to the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industries , known as Kadin . Police say a third bomb had been planted in an 18th floor room of the Marriott two days before the other two bombs exploded . The unexploded bomb -- which was timed to detonate on the upper floor before the first blast tore through the Marriott 's lobby area at 7:47 a.m. -- was found and defused , police said .
Group claiming to be ` ` Al Qaeda in Indonesia '' purportedly claimed responsibility . Bombs at two Jakarta hotels killed nine people , including the presumed bombers . ` ` American lackeys and stooges '' were killed , statement says .