JAKARTA, Oct. 1 (Xinhuanet) -- Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will leave on first occasion for Bali to inspect scenes of bomb blasts that rocked the Indonesian tourist resort island of Bali on Saturday, Presidential Spokesman Andi Mallarangeng said.
"The president will visit Bali to calm down the people who are once again rocked by bomb explosions," Andi said on Saturday evening.
Video grab shows the Raja restaurant in Kuta on the Indonesian resort island of Bali Oct. 1. (Reuters)
Moments after closing a special meeting at Halim Perdanakusumah Air Force base, the president ordered Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Widodo, State Inelligence Agency Head Syamsir Siregar and Indonesian Police Chief General Sutanto to leave for Bali on Saturday night.
The special meeting was also attended by Indonesian Military Chief General Endriartono Sutarto and Cabinet Secretary Sudi Silalahi.
Andi said the president would leave soon but the exact time had not yet been fixed.
At least three bombs exploded at two tourism spots of Jimbaran and Kuta Town Square in Indonesia's tourist resort province of Bali on Saturday.
Video grab shows medical staff examining the body of a victim in a hospital in Denpasar after bomb blasts on the Indonesian resort island of Bali Oct. 1. (Reuters)
The first and second explosions occurred at 18:50 p.m. (local time) at a food court in Jimbaran district and the third blast at 19:00 p.m. in Kuta Town Square.
Unconfirmed reports said eight people were killed in six bomb blasts, while other reports said 30 people were killed and at least three foreign tourists were hurt in the blasts.
Two dead victims had been found in the bomb blast site of Tebah coffeeshop in Bali`s Jimbaran tourist resort, police said.
Some 40 injured victims were rushed to the local Sanglah hospital, hospital officials said.
On Oct. 12, 2002, bomb blasts occurred in Bali, killing 202 people, mostly Australian vocationers. Enditem
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