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Investigation Continues into Bali Bombings
Aired October 15, 2002 - 07:42 ET
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BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Further evidence of the devastation there at Kuta Beach on the island of Bali. An aerial view right now of the extensive damage after those two explosions just ripped through Saturday night there in Bali.
President Bush putting increased pressure on the Indonesian government to join in on the war on terrorism and bring those responsible to justice. The president saying that deadly blast looks like the work of al Qaeda.
From Bali today now, Mike Chinoy back by way of videophone, where a memorial -- a makeshift memorial has already been established there.
Mike -- hello again to you.
MIKE CHINOY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Bill.
Well, here in an island that many people liked to consider paradise, a deep, profound sense of paradise lost, as the reverberations from Saturday night's explosions continue to echo across Bali.
Behind me, about 100 yards from where the bombs were set off, a makeshift shrine has been spontaneously set up, mainly by local people, but also a lot of foreigners coming here to visit as well -- candles, flowers, wreaths.
And about an hour ago, we had hundreds of people crowding this street in silence, some of them weeping. A few minutes ago, relatives of an Australian man who was killed in the bomb were here. A couple clinging tightly to each other, tears streaming down their cheeks. The sense of grief palpable.
Meanwhile, down the road at the site of the explosions throughout the day, the investigation has been continuing. It's been called off now. It's almost 8:00 at night.
The Indonesian investigators, working with Australian and American counterparts, trying to piece together exactly what happened. Still, a lot of questions and not many answers. Investigators are trying to determine what kind of explosive it was, whether it was placed in a parked vehicle or whether there was a suicide bomber driving the car -- trying to put together this very, very complicated case.
One of the big problems still, is down at the site, there may still be more than a dozen bodies missing. And at the morgue, the grim task of identifying the hundreds of people who have not yet been identified, most of the remains charred beyond recognition goes on -- Bill.
HEMMER: Thanks Mike. Mike Chinoy reporting by way of videophone there in Bali.
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Aired October 15, 2002 - 07:42 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Further evidence of the devastation there at Kuta Beach on the island of Bali. An aerial view right now of the extensive damage after those two explosions just ripped through Saturday night there in Bali.
President Bush putting increased pressure on the Indonesian government to join in on the war on terrorism and bring those responsible to justice. The president saying that deadly blast looks like the work of al Qaeda.
From Bali today now, Mike Chinoy back by way of videophone, where a memorial -- a makeshift memorial has already been established there.
Mike -- hello again to you.
MIKE CHINOY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Bill.
Well, here in an island that many people liked to consider paradise, a deep, profound sense of paradise lost, as the reverberations from Saturday night's explosions continue to echo across Bali.
Behind me, about 100 yards from where the bombs were set off, a makeshift shrine has been spontaneously set up, mainly by local people, but also a lot of foreigners coming here to visit as well -- candles, flowers, wreaths.
And about an hour ago, we had hundreds of people crowding this street in silence, some of them weeping. A few minutes ago, relatives of an Australian man who was killed in the bomb were here. A couple clinging tightly to each other, tears streaming down their cheeks. The sense of grief palpable.
Meanwhile, down the road at the site of the explosions throughout the day, the investigation has been continuing. It's been called off now. It's almost 8:00 at night.
The Indonesian investigators, working with Australian and American counterparts, trying to piece together exactly what happened. Still, a lot of questions and not many answers. Investigators are trying to determine what kind of explosive it was, whether it was placed in a parked vehicle or whether there was a suicide bomber driving the car -- trying to put together this very, very complicated case.
One of the big problems still, is down at the site, there may still be more than a dozen bodies missing. And at the morgue, the grim task of identifying the hundreds of people who have not yet been identified, most of the remains charred beyond recognition goes on -- Bill.
HEMMER: Thanks Mike. Mike Chinoy reporting by way of videophone there in Bali.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.
