Australian shot dead in Bali, another wounded

By AFP
June 15, 2025
Plain-clothed police officers taking out evidences from villa. —AFP/File
Plain-clothed police officers taking out evidences from villa. —AFP/File

DENPASAR, Indonesia: An Australian man was shot dead and another one was wounded in a shooting at their villa on the popular Indonesian resort island of Bali early Saturday, according to police who were hunting for two suspects.

Local police chief Arif Batubara said in a statement that two men came to the victims´ villa in the popular tourist hub of Badung district just after midnight, stormed inside, and shot the victims.

“We still don´t know the motive of the attack,” Arif said.

The dead victim was Zivan Radmanovic, 32, while the other man, Sanar Ghanim, 34, was seriously wounded and had been taken to hospital, Arif said.