Thursday funeral for Kiwi killed in Jakarta

A funeral for the New Zealander killed in an Indonesian suicide bombing will take place in Wellington on Thursday.

Timothy Mackay, 62, president director of the Swiss-owned Holcim Indonesia cement company, had been in a business meeting at the Marriott Hotel when suspected suicide bombers set off explosions there and at the nearby Ritz-Carlton.

The bombs killed at least eight and injured more than 50 people.

Daughter Kristy Mackay told The Dominion Post the family was still in shock.

"I wish I could make them (the bombers) see what they've taken away. If they had been in difficulty, he would have helped them too."

Her father was caring and humorous, she said.

Reports out of Jakarta yesterday quoted Indonesian police as saying a New Zealander was among 16 foreigners injured in the blasts.

But a Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokeswoman told NZPA today it had no knowledge of any injured New Zealander.

New Zealand embassy staff in Jakarta had checked all hospitals three times, she said.

Indonesian police confirmed regional terror outfit Jemaah Islamiah as the culprits behind twin suicide blasts at Jakarta hotels, and said one of the bombers had been identified.

Jemaah Islamiah, which draws inspiration from al Qaeda, has carried out dozens of bombings in Indonesia in the past decade including 2002 attacks in Bali that left more than 200 dead, including 88 Australians.

"We confirm that the attackers are from Jemaah Islamiah because there are similarities in the bombs used," national police spokesman Nanan Soekarna told a news conference on Sunday.

He said an unexploded bomb left in a room of the JW Marriott, which was attacked along with the nearby Ritz-Carlton, resembled devices used in Bali and one discovered in a recent anti-JI raid on an Islamic boarding school.

"They are from the same school. We found similar tools, similar materials and similar methods," he said.

Police have identified one of the two suicide bombers who targeted the hotels during the breakfast period on Friday when they were packed with foreign businessmen and diplomats, he said.

Investigators say the bombers stayed in Room 1808 of the Marriott for two nights before the attacks and disguised themselves as guests when they walked into crowded dining and meeting areas and detonated their suitcase devices.

The bombs - brought into the hotels despite airport-style security measures - were packed with metal nuts to maximise the carnage.

- NZPA