Posted on 10/15/2002 6:58:51 PM PDT by hfartalot
The devastating Bali bombing claimed victims from some two dozen countries and the number of nations affected is expected to rise as the difficult identification process continues.
Australians, Britons and Indonesians head the grim list of victims of Saturday's blast which tore through a a bar and nightclub district in Kuta.
The following countries have reported nationals to be either dead, wounded or missing.
Many of those unaccounted for are not necessarily victims of the blast but have not been located yet by their families or governments:
AUSTRALIA: 30 Australians have been confirmed dead and more than 100 injured. Another 180 remain unaccounted for.
BRITAIN: 33 Britons are believed to have been killed in the attack, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said.
BRAZIL: Two Brazilians are missing, the government said. It identified them as Sergeant Marco Antonio Frias, 27, a member of the UN peace-keeping mission in East Timor who was on vacation in Bali, and Alexandre Watanake, who works at a Japanese business in Bali.
CANADA: A Canadian man man in his thirties from Western Canada is among the missing, Foreign Affairs spokesman Reynald Doiron said. Three other Canadians were wounded. One was evacuated to Singapore for medical treatment, one was sent to Australia and the third was treated locally for a gash on the leg.
CHINA: A member of a 33-strong Chinese tour group suffered minor injuries in the blast, China's state-run Xinhua news agency said.
DENMARK: Three Danish women aged between 18 and 21 are missing following the blast, the Danish ambassador to Jakarta told the Ritzau news agency on Monday. Two Danes were injured but were out of danger, Gert Aagard Andersen said.
ECUADOR: An Ecuadorian was among the dead, according to Ketut Semara Jaya, an Indonesian doctor in Bali tasked with identifying the victims.
FRANCE: French officials said they were trying to confirm whether a French national was among the dead. Of the five French citizens wounded, three were evacuated to Singapore in serious condition, foreign ministry spokesman Francois Rivasseau said.
GERMANY: A German woman was among the dead, 10 Germans were wounded and 12 are missing, according to the German foreign ministry.
GREECE: The Greek foreign ministry said one Greek national was wounded and another was reported missing.
HONG KONG: Seven Hong Kong rugby players and two women supporters are missing. The missing rugby players are Britons Thomas Hamby-Holmes, 39, Dan Miller, 31, Peter Record, 32, Stephen Speirs, 35, Edward Waller, 26, Clive Walton, 33, and an American, Jake Young, 34. The missing women are Briton Anika Linden 29, and German Bettina Brandes, 28. At least two wounded members of the tour party, Briton Charles Vanrenen, 26, and Polly Miller, 29, the wife of Dan Miller, were flown to Australia for treamtment.
INDONESIA: Nine Indonesians have been confirmed dead but the figure is expected to rise significantly with the identification of more of the victims. Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda said Indonesians accounted for 195 of the more than 300 wounded in the blast.
ITALY: The Italian foreign ministry said six Italians were slightly injured in the blasts. They were treated in hospital and released.
JAPAN: Nine Japanese women were injured, according to the foreign ministry in Tokyo, and several are still missing.
NETHERLANDS: A Dutch man is missing following the blast, according to the Dutch news agency ANP. Ketut Semara Jaya, an Indonesian doctor in Bali tasked with identifying the victims, said a Dutch national was among the dead.
NEW ZEALAND: Three New Zealanders are missing and the authorities are concerned over their fate, the foreign ministry said in a statement. The ministry said the family of one New Zealander informed the ministry the man had been killed and his body identified by a friend. Six injured New Zealanders were flown to Darwin, two to Singapore and two to Taipei.
PORTUGAL: A Portuguese soldier with the contingent stationed in nearby East Timor who was on vacation in Bali is missing, the foreign ministry said.
SINGAPORE: No Singapore nationals are believed to have been among the victims but three Singapore-based expatriates in Bali for a rugby tournament are known to have died, the Singapore Cricket Club said. Another five players are still missing, it said. The club did not mention the nationalities of the dead and missing but said it has "been in constant contact with the British, Australian and New Zealand High Commissions" in Singapore.
SOUTH AFRICA: A South African, Morne Viljoen, 24, was critically injured in the blast while 19 others are missing, foreign ministry officials said. Two of the missing South Africans, Godfrey Fritz from Cape Town and Craig Harty from the eastern town of Secunda, were believed to have been near the explosion.
SOUTH KOREA: A pair of South Korean sisters, Moon Eun-young, 31, and Moon Eun-Jong, 29, are believed to have visited the club where the blast occurred and are listed as missing, the foreign ministry in Seoul said.
SWEDEN: 10 Swedes are missing and three young Swedish women were wounded in the attack, the Swedish foreign ministry said.
SWITZERLAND: A Swiss woman was killed and another five Swiss citizens were injured in the explosion, the Swiss foreign ministry said. Two of the injured were in critical condition.
TAIWAN: A Taiwanese woman, Kuo Hui-min, 23, accompaning a rugby team in Bali for a tournament, is missing along with four members of the team, according to Glory Travel Service Co Ltd which arranged their trip.
UNITED STATES: Two Americans were killed and three wounded in the blasts, according to a State Department official. Among those missing feared dead is Jake Young, 34, a Hong Kong-based lawyer in Bali for a rugby tournament
That wasn't my point, but technically you ARE correct - 4,000 Israelis didn't show up at Bali that day.
What does your "observation" have to do with this story? Nothing! Get a life.
Perhaps when you stop foaming at the mouth you'll be able to calmly put 2 and 2 together.
It doesn't matter if they share the view or not, I am just pointing out the irony.
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