Just days after the deadly Bali bombings, the sites of Saturday’s attacks have become the latest "must-see" attraction for foreign tourists on the Indonesian resort island. "We wanted to see what it is like," said Kris Clape, a 35-year-old blonde Australian, who was dropped by taxi in front of the now closed entrance to Kuta Square.
The video images are grainy but the effect is chilling. A man in a black T-shirt calmly crosses the Raja restaurant in Bali, where friends and family are eating, drinking and chatting away, enjoying a festive Saturday night out. He walks back toward the kitchen, and then comes the boom of an explosion. And then there are screams and panic.
Indonesian police on Monday were hunting the suspects who helped suicide bombers attack the resort of Bali, leaving at least 19 dead and raising fears of more violence from Islamic militants. Authorities said Saturday’s carnage bore the hallmarks of a group linked to al-Qaeda, Jemaah Islamiyah, that has waged a bloody campaign against Western interests since 1999.
Eight bombers in two vans staged the deadly Bali terrorism attack, a newspaper reported on Wednesday, as President Megawati was expected to discuss the investigation with members of her cabinet.
Rescue teams on Monday worked on the grim task of identifying hundreds of badly-burned victims of a powerful car bomb attack on the Indonesian resort island of Bali which killed at least 190 people.
Children in school uniforms and many tourists are among the scores of volunteers helping Bali’s stretched medical staff with the grim task of handling badly-charred corpses and treating injured victims of the bomb attack.
As terrified people fled the scene of Indonesia’s Kuta Beach bomb blast on Saturday, South African tourist Henry Geldenhuys was one who ran the other way.