Paras Indonesia, 10, 12 2005 @ 02:13 pm
Casualties of the October 1 Bali Bombings
Roy Tupai
The 23 victims of the October 1 triple suicide bombings at crowded restaurants in Bali
included Muslims, Hindus and Christians, ranging in age from 6 to 71. Most of the
innocent victims were women.
The death toll comprised 18 Indonesians, including three suicide bombers yet to be
formally identified; four Australians; and one Japanese. Some reports said one Briton
was also among the dead. That's because one of the Australian victims was born in
Britain and holds dual citizenship.
At least 148 people were injured: 100 Indonesians, 29 Australians, seven South
Koreans, four Japanese, four Americans, three Germans and one French citizen.
The carnage was fairly evenly spread between two open-air seafood restaurants at
Jimbaran Beach and a restaurant in Kuta. Nine people were killed at Nyoman Cafe,
eight killed at Menega Cafe and five killed at Raja's Bar and Restaurant.
Among the Indonesians killed were five female staff of the Jakarta office of the China
International Freight (CIF) company. PT CIF Transportasi Indonesia had taken 36 of its
employees on a holiday to Bali. After traveling by bus from Jakarta to Surabaya on
September 30, the group then took a ferry to Bali. The following night, 26 of them
decided to have dinner at the candlelit Menega Cafe.
According to a statement by the Culture and Tourism Ministry, the total number of
fatalities reached 27, although this was apparently due to cases of double-counting of
the victims. The Ministry has established a Media Center to provide information on the
attacks.
Following are details of the fatalities, listed by nationality:
Indonesia
1. Teuku Daffansyah bin Danialsyah (6, male) Customer at Menega Cafe. He suffered
a severe head injury when the bomb exploded. He died in his mother's arms while
being taken to hospital. His parents, who suffered minor injuries, were originally from
the West Java capital of Bandung and had also lived in Bintaro, South Jakarta.
Teuku's father moved to Bali about a year ago for a job with automotive company
Ford. Teuku and his mother had moved to Bali only two or three months ago. His
grandmother Sufinah Hartarti said the perpetrators of the bombings were cruel,
inhuman and without consciences because they had “killed an innocent child”.
Teuku, better known as Dafa, was buried at Bandung's Cikutra Cemetery on October
3.
2. I Gusti Ketut Sudana (33, male). Worked as a waiter at Raja's Bar and Restaurant.
He was taking meals to customers on the second floor when the bomb exploded. He
had planned to marry his fiancee Suriani in November. He was cremated in his
hometown of Tuban in Bali on October 3. His father Gusti Ketut Lalis (70) said those
responsible for the bombings deserve the death penalty because they are inhuman.
3. I Wayan Sudika (28, male). Worked as a security guard at Raja's Bar and
Restaurant. He leaves behind his wife Ni Wayan Sudeni (28) and their one-year-old
daughter. He was cremated on October 3 in his hometown of Petak, near Gianyar,
Bali.
4. Edwin Sindu (22, male). The young cellular phone salesman had been dining at
Menega Cafe with his wife Ayin (23). The couple, who were married 1.5 years ago and
lived in Denpasar, were entertaining two visiting relatives from Cirebon, West Java.
Ayin said they were seated at the cafe's table Number 1 and had ordered fish
because Edwin feared that consumption of chicken might lead to bird flu.
5. Ely Sunarto (23, female). Customer at Menega Cafe. She was a student at
Jakarta's Jayakarta University and was to have graduated in December. She funded
her studies by working at PT CIF.
6. Megawati Helmi (20, female). Customer at Menega Cafe. She was an employee of
PT CIF.
7. Fenny (18, female). Customer at Menega Cafe. She was identified by a ring her
boyfriend Robby (20) had given her. Employee of PT CIF and student at Jakarta's
Jayakusuma College of Economics. Buried at Pondok Rangon Cemetery in East
Jakarta on October 5.
8. Eni Sugiartini (23, female). Customer at Menega Cafe. Employee of PT CIF.
Originally from Ciniru village in Kuningan, West Java. Her aunt, Kojarwati, was also
killed in the blast. The two had lived for some time in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta.
9. Kojarwati (27, female). Customer at Menega Cafe. Employee of PT CIF. Originally
from Surakarta, Central Java, she moved to Ciniru village in Kuningan, West Java,
after marriage.
10. R.M. Darmawan (71, male). Customer at Nyoman Cafe. Some reports said he
was a former diplomat, who had worked for 21 years at the Indonesian Embassy in
Tokyo; while another said he was a retired member of the State Intelligence Agency
(BIN). Darmawan and his wife Mien had gone to Bali for a family gathering, as their
daughter Sheri, works in a hotel in Denpasar. Originally from Bandung, West Java, the
couple lived in Cilandak, South Jakarta. They had planned to stay in Bali to celebrate
Darmawan's birthday on October 13 and intended to return to Jakarta to on October
16. Darmawan was buried in South Jakarta on October 3.
11. Mien Darmawan (56, female). Customer at Nyoman Cafe. Wife of the
above-mentioned Darmawan. Buried in South Jakarta on October 3.
12. Djuni Trisniati alias Ong Djun Giok (68, female). Customer at Nyoman Cafe. From
Semarang, Central Java.
13. Arthur Calvino (18, male). Customer at Nyoman Cafe. Grandson of Djuni Trisniati.
From Kudus, Central Java.
14. Ratih Tejoyanti (35, female). Customer at Nyoman Cafe. From Ancol, North
Jakarta. Had entered the cafe with her family and was looking for a seat when the
bomb exploded. Her Japanese husband Yusuke Matsuda, a travel agent and Jakarta
resident, was injured by the blast. Ratih's father is legislator Sukardjo Hardjosuwirjo, a
member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle.
15. Endri Kartika (19, female). Cashier at Raja's Restaurant and Bar. The blast left her
in a coma. She died on October 7 from internal bleeding after failed surgery. She was
buried in her hometown of Blitar, East Java.
16. Suicide bomber: Yanto. Police have identified him only by the initials Y.T. He was
believed to have carried out the attack on Raja's Bar and Restaurant.
17. Suicide bomber: Yet to be officially identified.
18. Suicide bomber: Yet to be officially identified.
Australia
19. Brendan Fitzgerald (16, male). Customer at Raja's Restaurant & Bar. From
Busselton, Western Australia state. He had been having a meal with his sister
Jessica (13) and father Terry (43), who were critically injured and remain hospitalized
in Singapore. His body is yet to be repatriated to Australia.
20. Jennifer Gail Williamson (48, female). Customer at Nyoman Cafe. From
Newcastle, New South Wales state. She had been eating with her husband Bruce
(50), who remains in a stable condition in a Singapore hospital. Her body was
repatriated to Australia on October 9.
21. Colin Zwolinski (54, male) - Customer at Nyoman Cafe. From Newcastle. He was
the founder and managing director of a regional mining contracting firm, Tunnel Mining
Australia, which is involved in operations at PT Arutmin's Satui coal mine in South
Kalimantan province. He had been working in India before flying to Bali for a holiday
with his wife Fiona, who was also killed. His body was repatriated to Australia on
October 9.
22. Fiona Zwolinski (44, female) - Customer at Nyoman Cafe. From Newcastle. Her
body was repatriated to Australia on October 9.
Japan
23. Akio Kawasaki (51, male). Customer at Raja's Restaurant and Bar. He was an
administrative worker at Hachinohe University in Aomori Prefecture and had taken
leave from September 26 to October 5 to spend his honeymoon in Bali. His wife,
42-year-old nurse Emi, who married him July, was injured. Initial reports had said the
Japanese death toll was higher. Two Japanese men in a critical condition are still
being treated at Royal Darwin Hospital in Australia's Northern Territory. An Indonesian
businessman is also being treated there.
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