"One of the passengers died from bad injuries after being hit by boat debris that also caused injuries in others," Karangasen district police chief Sugeng Sudarso said, as quoted by The Independent.
Sudarso added that they were investigating all possible causes of the explosion.
German woman killed in Bali boat explosion and about 20 other people injured, police say. https://t.co/EF47vscyB1
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The boat was carrying 35 passengers, all foreigners, and four crew members, as it was heading to the the island of Gili Trawangan. Shortly after departing the port of Pandang Bai in Eastern Bali, the explosion happened 200 meters offshore. The dead victim is reported to be a German female, while tourists from Portugal, Germany, South Korea and the United Kingdom are among the several injured.
Ferry accidents are not new to Indonesia, last year an explosion on a ferry crossing between Bali and the neighbouring island of Lombok, injured dozens of tourists. Investigations concluded that the reason was generated from the fuel tank. However that does not deny the possibility of a terror attack since Indonesia had fell victim for terrorism in the past, In October of 2002, a terrorist attack targeted a site popular among tourists in Bali, lead to the death of 202 people.
