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Two foreigners die in Bali boat accident
JAKARTA, Sept 16, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Two foreigners — a Brazilian and South
African — have died after their boat capsized in rough seas near Bali, the
search-and-rescue agency said Monday.
The small tourist vessel flipped near the treacherous Devil’s Tear cove on
Nusa Lembongan, east of the Indonesian holiday island.
The boat’s passengers, a 48-year-old Brazilian and a 43-year-old South
African, were declared dead in hospital, the agency said.
The boat’s 35-year-old captain survived with serious injuries, it added.
Maritime accidents are not uncommon in Indonesia, a Southeast Asian
archipelago of some 17,000 islands where safety standards are often lax.
BSS/AFP/SSS/1707 hrs