Indonesian police are investigating the deaths of three Australians who died in Bali over the weekend, with initial reports suggesting a father killed his two young children before taking his own life.<\/p>\n
The man, 57, and his two children, seven and four, who are also Indonesian citizens, were discovered deceased in a bungalow in Kuta on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n
According to Denpasar police, a witness, 51-year-old Nur Khamid, received a phone call from someone claiming to be the victim\u2019s wife at about 8.30am on Sunday. She was in Jakarta, and asked Khamid to check on the condition of her husband and family, who she had been unable to reach.<\/p>\n
Khamid went to their bungalow and tried to look inside through a window, but \u201cno activity or people were visible inside\u201d, Denpasar police said in its statement.<\/p>\n
The witness then met the bungalow owner and both returned to perform a check before contacting the \u201cneighbourhood head\u201d, Kelian Lingkungan. Residents \u201cknocked and pounded\u201d on the door before it was forcibly opened, and the three bodies were located.<\/p>\n
\u201cPolice officers arriving at the scene conducted a crime scene investigation and preliminary examination alongside the Denpasar Police Identification Team,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom the initial external examination of the three victims, it is suspected that the two children died as a result of acts of violence, while [the father] is suspected to have died by hanging.\u201d<\/p>\n
The bodies are at Prof Dr IGNG Ngoerah Central general hospital for further examination and handling.<\/p>\n
The Denpasar police chief, senior commissioner Leonardo D Simatupang, said Kuta police officers were investigating the incident.<\/p>\n
\u201cInvestigators are still conducting inquiries, including crime scene processing, examining CCTV footage at the scene, and questioning witnesses \u2013 including the victim\u2019s wife \u2013 to determine the cause of death,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Simatupang said Kuta police had taken a statement from the man\u2019s wife and reviewed CCTV footage. They had also coordinated with the Australian consulate.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed it was providing consular assistance to the family of the three Australians.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe send our deepest condolences to the family at this difficult time. Owing to our privacy obligations we are unable to provide further comment,\u201d they said in a statement.<\/p>\n
In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is on 13 11 14 and the national family violence counselling service is on 1800 737 732. In the UK, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123 and the domestic abuse helpline is 0808 2000 247. In the US, the suicide prevention lifeline is 988 and the domestic violence hotline is 1-800-799-SAFE (7233). Other international helplines can be found via www.befrienders.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Indonesian police are investigating the deaths of three Australians who died in Bali over the weekend, with initial…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":891598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-891597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=891597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/891598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=891597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=891597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}