LONDON (AFP)--The U.K. joined international condemnation Friday of suicide bombings in Jakarta which killed at least nine people, calling them "an attack on all decent people."

"These attacks, remind us, yet again, of the threat people of all races and religions face from violent extremists," Foreign Secretary David Miliband said in a statement.

"An attack on Indonesia is an attack on all decent people. The bombings are in marked contrast to the wishes of the millions of Indonesians who voted peacefully in last week's elections.

"We will continue to work with the government of Indonesia to stop terrorism. Today we stand in solidarity and sorrow."

The bombings in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, targeted two luxury Jakarta hotels popular with foreigners, the Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott.

Officials said more than 40 other people were injured, and pinned suspicion on a splinter faction of the extremist Jemaah Islamiyah group led by Malaysian-born bomb maker Noordin Mohammed Top.