Australian man shot dead at Bali villa, another injured
An Australian man is dead and another Australian is injured following a shooting at a villa in Bali, police say.
Police identified the victim as Zivan Radmanovic, 32, from Melbourne and the injured man as Sanar Ghanim, 34, also from Melbourne, who was seriously wounded and taken to intensive care at Sanglah Hospital in Denpasar.
Local police chief Arief Batubara said the shooting took place at Villa Casa Santisya near Munggu Beach in the district of Badung.
Batubara confirmed Radmanovic died at the scene.
According to police, the villa had only three rooms occupied with a total of five guests when the shooting happened. The two victims' wives were also there and another foreign tourist, he said.
Radmanovic was shot in a bathroom, where police found 17 bullet casings and two intact bullets.
At least three witnesses at the villa told investigators that two gunmen, one wearing orange jacket with a dark helmet and another wearing a dark green jacket, a black mask and a dark helmet, arrived on a scooter at the villa around midnight.
Radmanovic's wife, Gourdeas Jazmyn, 30, told police that she suddenly woke up when she heard her husband screaming.
She cowered under a blanket when she heard multiple gunshots.
Jazmyn later found her husband's body and the injured Ghanim, whose wife has also testified to seeing the attackers.
A police spokesman Ariasandy said a witness said the pair were heard speaking English with an Australian accent.
The Australian Consulate in Bali has been contacted by authorities and an autopsy for further investigation is still waiting permission from the family of the victim, Batubara said.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said it was providing consular assistance to the family of the victim.
"We send our deepest condolences to the family at this difficult time," a spokesperson said.
"DFAT stands ready to provide consular assistance to another Australian injured in the same incident."
with AAP and Reuters
An Australian man is dead and another Australian is injured following a shooting at a villa in Bali, police say.
Police identified the victim as Zivan Radmanovic, 32, from Melbourne and the injured man as Sanar Ghanim, 34, also from Melbourne, who was seriously wounded and taken to intensive care at Sanglah Hospital in Denpasar.
Local police chief Arief Batubara said the shooting took place at Villa Casa Santisya near Munggu Beach in the district of Badung.
Batubara confirmed Radmanovic died at the scene.
According to police, the villa had only three rooms occupied with a total of five guests when the shooting happened. The two victims' wives were also there and another foreign tourist, he said.
Radmanovic was shot in a bathroom, where police found 17 bullet casings and two intact bullets.
At least three witnesses at the villa told investigators that two gunmen, one wearing orange jacket with a dark helmet and another wearing a dark green jacket, a black mask and a dark helmet, arrived on a scooter at the villa around midnight.
Radmanovic's wife, Gourdeas Jazmyn, 30, told police that she suddenly woke up when she heard her husband screaming.
She cowered under a blanket when she heard multiple gunshots.
Jazmyn later found her husband's body and the injured Ghanim, whose wife has also testified to seeing the attackers.
A police spokesman Ariasandy said a witness said the pair were heard speaking English with an Australian accent.
The Australian Consulate in Bali has been contacted by authorities and an autopsy for further investigation is still waiting permission from the family of the victim, Batubara said.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said it was providing consular assistance to the family of the victim.
"We send our deepest condolences to the family at this difficult time," a spokesperson said.
"DFAT stands ready to provide consular assistance to another Australian injured in the same incident."
with AAP and Reuters
An Australian man is dead and another Australian is injured following a shooting at a villa in Bali, police say.
Police identified the victim as Zivan Radmanovic, 32, from Melbourne and the injured man as Sanar Ghanim, 34, also from Melbourne, who was seriously wounded and taken to intensive care at Sanglah Hospital in Denpasar.
Local police chief Arief Batubara said the shooting took place at Villa Casa Santisya near Munggu Beach in the district of Badung.
Batubara confirmed Radmanovic died at the scene.
According to police, the villa had only three rooms occupied with a total of five guests when the shooting happened. The two victims' wives were also there and another foreign tourist, he said.
Radmanovic was shot in a bathroom, where police found 17 bullet casings and two intact bullets.
At least three witnesses at the villa told investigators that two gunmen, one wearing orange jacket with a dark helmet and another wearing a dark green jacket, a black mask and a dark helmet, arrived on a scooter at the villa around midnight.
Radmanovic's wife, Gourdeas Jazmyn, 30, told police that she suddenly woke up when she heard her husband screaming.
She cowered under a blanket when she heard multiple gunshots.
Jazmyn later found her husband's body and the injured Ghanim, whose wife has also testified to seeing the attackers.
A police spokesman Ariasandy said a witness said the pair were heard speaking English with an Australian accent.
The Australian Consulate in Bali has been contacted by authorities and an autopsy for further investigation is still waiting permission from the family of the victim, Batubara said.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said it was providing consular assistance to the family of the victim.
"We send our deepest condolences to the family at this difficult time," a spokesperson said.
"DFAT stands ready to provide consular assistance to another Australian injured in the same incident."
with AAP and Reuters
An Australian man is dead and another Australian is injured following a shooting at a villa in Bali, police say.
Police identified the victim as Zivan Radmanovic, 32, from Melbourne and the injured man as Sanar Ghanim, 34, also from Melbourne, who was seriously wounded and taken to intensive care at Sanglah Hospital in Denpasar.
Local police chief Arief Batubara said the shooting took place at Villa Casa Santisya near Munggu Beach in the district of Badung.
Batubara confirmed Radmanovic died at the scene.
According to police, the villa had only three rooms occupied with a total of five guests when the shooting happened. The two victims' wives were also there and another foreign tourist, he said.
Radmanovic was shot in a bathroom, where police found 17 bullet casings and two intact bullets.
At least three witnesses at the villa told investigators that two gunmen, one wearing orange jacket with a dark helmet and another wearing a dark green jacket, a black mask and a dark helmet, arrived on a scooter at the villa around midnight.
Radmanovic's wife, Gourdeas Jazmyn, 30, told police that she suddenly woke up when she heard her husband screaming.
She cowered under a blanket when she heard multiple gunshots.
Jazmyn later found her husband's body and the injured Ghanim, whose wife has also testified to seeing the attackers.
A police spokesman Ariasandy said a witness said the pair were heard speaking English with an Australian accent.
The Australian Consulate in Bali has been contacted by authorities and an autopsy for further investigation is still waiting permission from the family of the victim, Batubara said.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said it was providing consular assistance to the family of the victim.
"We send our deepest condolences to the family at this difficult time," a spokesperson said.
"DFAT stands ready to provide consular assistance to another Australian injured in the same incident."
with AAP and Reuters
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'I said goodbye to the people at home and told them I was going to join the revolution.' Like Min, he joined the KNLA, completing a few months of basic training before being sent to the fluid front lines. Ko and Min were among tens of thousands of ordinary Myanmar civilians – doctors, teachers, chefs and farmers – who took up arms to fight the new military regime. Some joined ethnic armies. Others joined the People's Defence Force, the newly formed armed wing of the ousted government. The KNLA put Ko to work as part of a team collecting unexploded ordnance to be repurposed as landmines. One day, part of a 120-pound mortar that Ko was handling blew up, tearing off his right hand and blinding him in his left eye. 'If the whole bomb exploded, you wouldn't find my body any more,' he said. After recuperating at the secret hospital but no longer able to fight, Ko stayed on as a volunteer, teaching the wounded soldiers how to cook, and supporting them in their darker hours. 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Eventually, his comrades took the base. 'All I can do right now is wait for my full recovery and discharge from the hospital,' he said, rubbing one of his still-bandaged stumps. 'After that, I will go back to my battalion and stay with my commander. 'I will follow him and guard him. I will cook for him and become a chef for him and the other soldiers. I cannot go to the front line and fight with them any more. I can only help from the back.' Even if the regime collapsed and peace returned to Myanmar, Min would never again farm the rice paddies of his village. Nor, he lamented, would he start a family.
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