Italian tourist found dead

Italian tourist found dead

MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: The police are still investigating the death of Lorenza Cuomo, a 42-year-old Italian tourist found dead here last week.

Col. Moechlis Moechtar of the local police command said they found the Italian's body hanging from a batik cloth in a boat shed, Antara news agency reported.

Two witnesses, Nam Karuna, 28, who was the victim's tour guide and Natsir, 58, who found the body, have been questioned. Requests for an autopsy have been made, but no approval has been heard from relatives.

Lorenzo entered Indonesia on Nov. 4, 1994, on a social- cultural visa. On Dec. 7, Cuomo visited the Gili Air sea resort in Tanjung subdistrict where he stayed at the Bambu Cottages owned by local villagers.

Moechlis said the Italian Consulate General in Denpasar has also been informed of the death, but no one has come for the body.(pwn)