. >> that was dino patti djalal, the presidential spokesperson in indonesia. i spoke to him early. kathy joins us, cnn producer in indones indonesia. she's in front of the marriott. the ritz is five minutes away. kathy, update us on what has happened so far. >> reporter: well, colleen, as we heard from the presidential spokesman, himself, the details here are very, very sketchy. we spoke to a local police official who told us that the bomb that went off at the marriott hotel, which is just right behind me, most likely came from the basement beneath the coffee shop which is on the ground floor. what we saw from the hotel, on the left side were windows that were broken but not exactly shattered. i must say that this hotel doesn't look as badly damaged as it was in 2003 when it was also bombed by terrorists. is people were killed in that attack. from this attack we're hearing from local media reports and also from the spokesman that both attacks on the marriott and ritz-carlton, nine people were killed and dozens injured. the injured were brought out of the hotels earlier to a nearby

. >>> zain, earlier, i spoke to the indonesian presidential spokesman, dino patti djalal and just arrived at the location of the first bombing, the marriott hotel. >> i was just at the location just now, at the marriott hotel and room on the lobby. the minister for politics and security and chief intelligence and the police chief were there, have inspectors there. inspectors in the area. so far the death toll is six people in marriott hotel where the explosion took place at about 7:45 in the morning then two people at the ritz-carlton. so at least eight people and the number of injured are in the 40s. they have been brought to hospitals around jakarta. at the moment, now the forensic experts, they are busy collecting the forensic evidence. it was part of the disturbing scene i witnessed inside the area that was bombed. so -- at the moment we're doing everything we can to find out any evidence that we can collect. >> mr. djalal, do you know -- do you know where the bombs took place? one of our cnn producers had been talking with some police officers who believed that in the marriott the bo