At least one person died and 19 others were horrifically wounded in an explosion on a tourist boat between the Indonesian islands of Bali and Lombok.
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Sugeng Sudarso, the Karangasem police chief, said that…
Sanglah Hospital gave the same information for the nationalities and said the Austrian woman was 28.
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All 35 passengers on the ferry were foreigners, including nine from Britain, two from Ireland, six Italians and four French citizens.
Police investigators examine the Gili Cat 2 boat following an explosion while it was enroute to nearby island of Lombok, at Padangbai Port in Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016. “One female passenger died from head injuries”, he said.
Police denied reports there was a bomb on board the ferry, saying instead that they suspected a gas cylinder explosion.
“Other operators may be claim to be the safest and fastest but “copy cats” always do”, it says.
“No other boat on the Bali-Gili-Lombok run can make that claim and that’s guaranteed”. He said all the passengers have been evacuated and the injured are being treated on the island.
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The story Two dead, 18 injured after explosion on “Australian-made” Bali ferry first appeared on The Sydney Morning Herald.
