187 killed 309 injured in Bali club blast

ONE blackened body after another was yesterday pulled from the blood-spattered remains of a tourist nightclub ripped apart

Mon, 14 Oct, 2002 - 01:00

a massive bomb on the Indonesian island of Bali, killing at least 187 people and injuring over 300.

The Sari Club was packed with happy holiday-makers before the explosion late on Saturday evening visitors from Ireland, Australia, Britain, New Zealand, France, Sweden, the United States and many other western countries.

Yesterday, the club on the main street in the popular beach resort of Kuta was a mass of smouldering ruins while other nightspots nearby discos, restaurants and a hotel had roofs blown in and walls smashed.