SENGGIGI, Indonesia, June 6, 2015 (AFP) - Dozens of tourists were injured when small explosions hit a ferry crossing between the popular Indonesian islands of Bali and Lombok, officials said Saturday.
The explosions were likely to have come from the fuel tank of the ferry, which was carrying 129 passengers on board, most of them tourists. The boat had completed about one-third of its journey to the resort island of Bali from Senggigi in Lombok when the explosion took place on Friday afternoon.
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