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Indonesian President Arrives on Site of Night Club Explosions
Aired October 13, 2002 - 09:09 ET
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RENAY SAN MIGUEL, CNN ANCHOR: The other big story this morning, Indonesia's president has arrived on the resort island of Bali. She is touring the scene of two deadly night club explosions there and visiting some of the hundreds of people who were injured in the blast. Nearly 200 others died in what government officials are calling the worst act of terror in Indonesia's history. CNN's Atika Shubert has details of the investigation.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Carnage is all that's left of one of Bali's most popular night spots. Gutted by fire, mangled by the force of the explosion. Police believe this was caused by a powerful car bomb designed to terrorize tourists.
(on camera): It's a scene of utter devastation. As you can see, behind me, police are sifting through the wreckage, looking for any clues as to who could have done this. They are paying special attention to a crater left behind from the explosion, about a meter and a half wide, and they are also looking at an engine from what they say could be from the car that housed the bomb.
(voice-over): Witnesses say they heard a small explosion at first. This man was in the club when it happened and survived.
BARRY KING, SURVIVOR: They said, somebody said it's fireworks, and I said that ain't fireworks. That's a bomb. And I just turned, and I was about to say, duck, and the next bloody minute we were hit by the blast wave. I didn't see it.
SHUBERT: This small hospital is overwhelmed with the injured and the dead. Victims with third degree returns all over their bodies, twisted arms and legs, patients passing in and out of consciousness.
The morgue isn't big enough to hold the dead. Corpses spill outside.
Friends and family search the corridors, looking for loved ones. Many have not been found.
Most of the victims are tourists, and though many Indonesians are also among the dead and wounded, the attack appeared to target foreigners on this popular island resort. Many are already leaving.
MARISA CITTHINI, WITNESS: I'm not coming back ever, ever. I don't think I'll ever travel because of this. I'm still in shock. I'm never going to forget this.
SHUBERT: Western diplomats are condemning this as a vicious act of terror. Indonesian security officials are vowing to bring the perpetrators to justice, but only after months of denying that a terrorist network existed in the country. Now, they are calling this the worst act of terror Indonesia has ever seen, and the most deadly since September 11.
Atika Shubert, CNN, Bali.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired October 13, 2002 - 09:09 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
RENAY SAN MIGUEL, CNN ANCHOR: The other big story this morning, Indonesia's president has arrived on the resort island of Bali. She is touring the scene of two deadly night club explosions there and visiting some of the hundreds of people who were injured in the blast. Nearly 200 others died in what government officials are calling the worst act of terror in Indonesia's history. CNN's Atika Shubert has details of the investigation.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Carnage is all that's left of one of Bali's most popular night spots. Gutted by fire, mangled by the force of the explosion. Police believe this was caused by a powerful car bomb designed to terrorize tourists.
(on camera): It's a scene of utter devastation. As you can see, behind me, police are sifting through the wreckage, looking for any clues as to who could have done this. They are paying special attention to a crater left behind from the explosion, about a meter and a half wide, and they are also looking at an engine from what they say could be from the car that housed the bomb.
(voice-over): Witnesses say they heard a small explosion at first. This man was in the club when it happened and survived.
BARRY KING, SURVIVOR: They said, somebody said it's fireworks, and I said that ain't fireworks. That's a bomb. And I just turned, and I was about to say, duck, and the next bloody minute we were hit by the blast wave. I didn't see it.
SHUBERT: This small hospital is overwhelmed with the injured and the dead. Victims with third degree returns all over their bodies, twisted arms and legs, patients passing in and out of consciousness.
The morgue isn't big enough to hold the dead. Corpses spill outside.
Friends and family search the corridors, looking for loved ones. Many have not been found.
Most of the victims are tourists, and though many Indonesians are also among the dead and wounded, the attack appeared to target foreigners on this popular island resort. Many are already leaving.
MARISA CITTHINI, WITNESS: I'm not coming back ever, ever. I don't think I'll ever travel because of this. I'm still in shock. I'm never going to forget this.
SHUBERT: Western diplomats are condemning this as a vicious act of terror. Indonesian security officials are vowing to bring the perpetrators to justice, but only after months of denying that a terrorist network existed in the country. Now, they are calling this the worst act of terror Indonesia has ever seen, and the most deadly since September 11.
Atika Shubert, CNN, Bali.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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