At least 28 people, including 18 foreigners, were killed and 120 wounded in apparent bomb attacks on Indonesia's resort island of Bali tonight, officials said.
Police said there had been three blasts, two at nightclubs in the heart of the main Kuta Beach tourist strip and one at Sanur, near a US honorary consulate. An officer said they had occurred simultaneously. Police said one blast had been caused by a homemade bomb and a security source said early indications were the other explosions were from homemade bombs as well.
The blasts come at a time of growing security concern in the world's most populous Muslim nation following terror threats.
A hospital official said the wounded included Americans and Australians. One tourist at the scene said the crowd at one of the worst-hit clubs had consisted mostly of Australians and New Zealanders.
A spokeswoman for the US embassy in Jakarta said she had no details on whether Americans were among the casualties.
She did say one blast had occurred 50 yards from the honorary US consulate in Sanur, another tourist area about 30 minutes from Kuta. No one was hurt in that blast, she said.
Bali is Indonesia's most popular tourist destination, and a favorite for Australians and Japanese. Although the country as a whole is 85 percent Muslim, Bali is majority-Hindu.
While a number of regions in Indonesia, and the capital Jakarta, have been hit by violence in recent years, Bali had long been considered a safe haven and spared from any unrest.