JAKARTA: Police yesterday said they seized documents last month showing terrorists had planned to target the area around Jakarta's Marriott Hotel, where a powerful car bomb killed at least 10 people and injured nearly 150.
After the documents were found, security forces increased patrols in the Marriott area. But the precautions weren't enough to prevent the suspected suicide attack, which has underscored the continuing threat of terrorism in the world's largest Muslim nation.
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