Wed, 07 Apr 1999

Four tourists die in Bali

DENPASAR, Bali: The bodies of four tourists, two of them foreigners, have been discovered in the past three days here, Antara reported.

An Australian and a Swede, identified only as Snellgrove and Pirkko, were found dead in their hotel rooms on Monday and Saturday respectively. Antara quoted hospital sources as saying the two foreign tourists died of illnesses, but the news agency offered no further details.

The bodies of the tourists are being kept at Sanglah Hospital until their families fly them home.

Local residents also found the bodies of Enefri Budia of Jakarta on Kuta beach and R. Yuli Purnomo of Bekasi, West Java, on Lovina beach over the weekend. Hospital staffers said the bodies were decomposed when discovered.