Family relives bomb terror

2005-10-02 11:58

Sydney - An Australian family holidaying in Bali during the 2002 nightclub blasts had returned to the Indonesian resort island for the first time two weeks ago, only to be caught up in the latest blasts.

Sue and Larry King and their two teenage children were sitting by their hotel pool when they heard three explosions on Saturday night.

"We knew exactly what it was," Sue King told ABC radio. "We were here during the last bombings."

At least 26 people died in the attacks on crowded tourist areas near Jimbaran and Kuta beach areas, while more than 100 were injured.

The blasts, while not as bad as the 2002 bombings that killed 202 people, meant the family was now keen to return home, she said.

"Everyone was just shattered," she said. "We're absolutely devastated because we've got our two children with us.

"This is our trip to come back to try and break the ice and... we were having a fabulous time but in the blink of an eye it changes," she said.

"We're certainly going to try (to leave) but I'm just trying to keep the family calm at the moment," she said.

"Life here has just gone on normally, there are people on the streets ... but you just don't know if it will happen again and where it's going to happen."

- AFP