Seventeen loses band members in Sunda Strait tsunami

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): Indonesian band Seventeen has confirmed the death of one of its members and its road manager following a tsunami in the Sunda Strait that struck the beach where the band was performing on Saturday night.

The band confirmed via a press release that bassist M. Awal Purbani, also known as Bani, and road manager Oki Wijaya passed away following the disaster.