Australian PM commemorates victims on 22nd anniversary of Bali bombings

12/10/2024 12:58

        Australia's prime minister has paid tribute to those who were killed and injured in the Bali bombings on the 22nd anniversary of the attack.
        
        Anthony Albanese on Saturday said the terror attack on the Indonesian island of Bali in which 202 people, including 88 Australians and 38 Indonesians, were killed struck at joy and friendship without mercy or pity.
        
        He said in a statement posted on social media, "We think of everyone - Australian, Indonesian and others from across the world - who never saw home again. We think of everyone who still carries the loss, emotional and physical."
        
        Two bombs were detonated in the popular tourist center of Kuta Beach at approximately 11 p.m. local time on Oct. 12, 2002, with a third detonated near the U.S. consulate in Denpasar.
        
        In addition to the 202 dead, over 200 were injured. It remains the single largest loss of Australian life in a terror attack and the largest loss of Australian life since World War II.