DENPASAR, Bali (JP): The carnage on the resort island of Bali was caused by three bombs, one of them inside a nightclub and two others outside the club, Brig. Gen. Edward Aritonang, the National Police's deputy spokesman, said here on Sunday. One bomb was placed inside Paddy's bar near a disc jockey booth, and two other bombs were outside the nearby Sari Club in Kuta district. "The source of the big explosion was a (bomb inside a) Mitsubishi L-300 van," Edward said in a statement quoted by AFP.
Eyewitnesses had previously spoken of only two blasts in Kuta, with a car bomb outside the Sari club causing most of the carnage.
The spokesman said forensic experts were analyzing a motorcycle, two Indonesian identity cards, a crash helmet and a glove recovered from the blast site.
Investigators have questioned 67 people about the attack but "no suspects have been declared", he said, adding that tough, new powers given to the police to fight terrorism would be used "as a reference" in the investigation.
The emergency antiterrorism decree issued over the weekend authorizes the death penalty for some terror acts, and allows terrorist suspects to be held for up to six months without trial.
The spokesman confirmed the death toll from the Oct. 12 blast was 187, but Aritonang said 97 people were still missing as of Sunday.
It is not clear if this is definitive. Australia alone has 73 nationals missing and presumed dead, in addition to 30 of its ationals confirmed killed.
Australian Federal Police officer Julian Slater said forensic experts were still recovering human remains from the ruins of the Sari Club as of Sunday afternoon but gave no details.
Slater, the coordinator of the victim identification team, urged ndonesian families of bombing victims who have not yet submitted DNA samples to do so as soon as possible.
