Scores dead as 'al-Qaeda' bombers blast Bali

From: The Sunday Telegraph London | Date: October 13, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

AT LEAST 60 people were killed last night and more than 100 were injured, among them at least nine Britons, in a series of terrorist- related explosions on the holiday island of Bali.

The explosions were thought to have been set off by al-Qaeda sympathisers, who are suspected by American intelligence agencies of operating inside Indonesia.

Two explosions hit Kuta Beach, one of the main tourist areas and a popular destination for Australians, Americans and Britons, and a third detonated near the American consulate in Bali's capital, Denpasar, two miles away. The three explosions went off almost ...

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