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Article: Among Bali's Hindus, Rumblings of Revenge; Attack in Longtime Enclave Fuels Suspicion, Resentment of Island's Muslim Minority
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- The Washington Post
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- October 16, 2002
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When a huge car bomb devastated the heart of Bali's entertainment
district Saturday night, four of Made Swarna's friends were inside
the Sari Club bar, where they worked as waiters. Not one of these
Balinese men survived.
His 3-year-old daughter, Cindy, was more fortunate. His wife
snatched her from bed just moments before the ceiling of their home,
about 150 yards from the blast, came crashing down, he said.
Swarna was at work himself at the time, waiting tables at Mama's
German Restaurant down the block from the explosion, which killed at
least 181 people. He saw the injured streaming along Kuta's main
drag, soaked in blood. And he said he doesn't believe the bloodshed
is over yet.
Swarna ...