At about 8:15pm on the 1st of October, 2005, Bali was rocked by another series of bomb blasts. According to reporters several blasts went off in the popular Kuta area as well as the popular shopping strip at Jimbaran Bay. Witnesses say that at least 30 people have died and many more are injured. A handful of the seriously injured are being moved to the local Denpasar hospital where in 2002, a special burns unit was built. Police are yet to make a statement. This is not what Bali needs now, what with the Schappelle Corby fiasco and the the 2002 bombings. Let's pray that Bali gets back to the peaceful little island that it used to be... - (Ary Sudarmana - 12:08am AEST Australia) The Bali Bombing occurred on October 12, 2002 in the town of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali, killing 202 people and injuring a further 209. ...
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ABC news report
News.com.au report, interview with Mercedes Corby
DFAT Travel warning for Australians in Indonesia Updated Sep 29 with heightened risk of terrorist attack
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Bali is a tourist destination and, along with Java, known for its highly developed arts, including dance, sculpture, painting, leather and metalworking, and music, especially that played on the gamelan.
In 1946 the Dutch constituted Bali as one of the 13 administrative districts of the newly proclaimed Republic of East Indonesia, a rival state to the Republic of Indonesia which was proclaimed and headed by Sukarno and Hatta.
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