 Bombs exploded almost simultaneously on Saturday in two tourist areas of resort island of Bali, killing at least 22 people and wounding close to 50 others, police and hospital officials said. The victims included foreign tourists.
| Only to be expected in the World's Most Populous Muslim Country™... |
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said terrorists were to blame and warned that more attacks were possible. "We will hunt down the perpetrators and bring them to justice," he said after being briefed by top security officials, urging everyone "to be on alert."
| I'd rather hear him say "we will hunt down the perpetrators and kill them." |
The blasts at a crowded seafood restaurant on Jimbaran beach and a three-story noodle and steak house in downtown Kuta came nearly three years to the day after twin bombings on the resort island claimed 202 lives, many of them foreign tourists.
| Happy anniversary, you rat bastards... |
The al-Qaeda linked militant group Jamaah Islamiyah has been blamed in the Oct. 12, 2002 attack and was suspected in Saturday night's bombings as well. The bodies of 22 people were counted in two hospitals - 11 at Sangla and 11 at Graha Asih - officials there said. Close to 50 others were admitted with injuries, many of them serious,including eight Australians and two Americans. |