Death toll from passenger ship sinking in Bali Strait rises to ten

Indonesian marine police officers search for missing victims of a ferry accident in the waters off the Bali Strait near Jembrana, on Bali island on July 5, 2025. - AFP

JAKARTA: The death toll from a passenger ship sinking in Indonesia's Bali Strait last Wednesday evening has risen to ten, according to senior rescue officials on Tuesday (July 8).

"The number of casualties has reached ten today. Thirty passengers were saved and 25 others are still missing," I Nyoman Sidakarya, head of the Search and Rescue Office in Bali, told Xinhua.