Gun allegedly used in Zivan Radmanovic villa shooting found in Bali river
A gun allegedly used to murder an Australian father in Bali has been found in a river, Indonesian authorities said, as they paraded three suspects at the Badung Police Station on Thursday
It is the first time the 'Bali 3' have been seen since their arrests on suspicion of the brutal ambush murder of 32-year-old Melbourne man Zivan Radmanovic in his Bali villa on June 14.
WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Suspects in alleged murder of Australian father paraded in Bali.
The Australian men in their 20s were frog-marched by Indonesian police, handcuffed, and in balaclavas and orange prison suits.
Bali's police chief Daniel Atitayajaya alleged Melbourne men Mevlut Coskun, 22, and Paea-I-Middlemore, 26, were the 'executors'.
He also alleged 27-year-old Sydney man Darcy Francesco Jenson is suspected of helping plan and facilitate the murder, including by providing a sledgehammer and hire cars for the getaway.
The men are yet to be charged but an investigation is underway.
All three men could face the death penalty if convicted of a 'planned murder' under Article 340.
Police on Thursday also showed off the alleged murder weapon, which had been missing until now.
Authorities said the handgun was found dumped in a Bali river in Tabanan.
Investigators said they were able to identify the suspects after a sledgehammer left at the scene was tracked to a store and then linked to the men and their hire-car getaway vehicles.
One car allegedly had a GPS which was tracked as the men allegedly tried to flee Bali.
The men, now known in Indonesia as the 'Bali 3', are also accused of bashing and shooting 34-year-old Melbourne man Sanar Ghanim.
Investigators say the motive is not yet clear but the victims are known to have links to Melbourne's criminal underworld.
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