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Article: Bali nightclub bombing kills 182 in what police call Indonesia's worst act of terror
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- AP Worldstream
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- October 13, 2002
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Dateline: BALI, Indonesia
A massive explosion from a car bomb destroyed a nightclub on the tourist
island of Bali, sparking a devastating inferno that killed at least
182 people and wounded more than 300 _ many of them foreigners.
National Police Chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar said Sunday that the explosion
came from a Kijang, a jeep-like vehicle, and called it the worst act
of terrorism in Indonesia's history.
President Megawati Sukarnoputri flew to Bali and a security alert
was declared nationwide. Security Minister Susilo Bamban Yudhyono
said that strategic targets, like liquefied natural gas plants, "will
be protected."
Authorities said a second bomb exploded ...