At least eight dead in Bali terrorist bombing

Bombs went off almost simultaneously today in two tourist areas of the Indonesian resort island of Bali, killing at least eight people and wounding 13 others, police and hospital officials said.

Foreign tourists were among the victims.

The blasts at Jimbaran beach and a bustling outdoor shopping centre in downtown Kuta “were clearly the work of terrorists”, Major General Police Ansyaad Mbai, a top Indonesian anti-terrorism official said.

Komang, a receptionist at the Graha Asih Hospital, close to Jimbaran Bay, said there were at least eight people in the morgue and that doctors were treating at least 13 wounded.

“It’s a horrible scene,” she said. “Some people have had their heads blown off.”