印尼旅遊聖地巴厘島發生遊船爆炸事件

An explosion on a tourist boat off the Indonesian island of Bali has killed two people and injured at least 14 others, police say.

根據警方表示，印尼巴厘島一艘遊船日前發生爆炸事故，致2人死亡，至少14人受傷。

An Austrian woman was one of the dead, while the identity of the second victim, also a foreign woman, was still unclear.

遇難的一名女性爲奧地利人，另一人身份不明，也是一名外國女性。

A short circuit near the fuel tank may have been the cause, officials said, ruling out a bomb.

官方表示，油箱附近短路可能是事件的起因，並排除了恐襲炸彈的可能。

The boat was carrying at least 30 passengers, including many foreigners, and four crew, and was heading to the nearby island of Gili Trawangan.

該艘遊船上載有至少30名乘客，其中包括多名外國遊客和4名船員。遊船計劃開往附近的吉利德拉娜安島。

There were also tourists from the UK, France, Italy, Portugal, Ireland and Spain on board, according to a passenger manifest.

據乘客名單顯示，船上的遊客來自英國、法國、意大利、葡萄牙、愛爾蘭和西班牙。

"Based on the testimony from passengers and from what I saw on the scene, the explosion came from the fuel tank," local police chief Sudarso said. "Above it was a battery. Maybe there was a short circuit that affected the fuel tank."

當地警察局長蘇達索表示：“基於遊客的證詞以及我看到的現場，這起事件是油箱爆炸引起的。油箱上面是個電池組。可能是電池組短路影響了油箱。”

A spokesman for the British embassy in Jakarta said it was providing assistance to British nationals injured in the blast, AFP news agency reports.

據法新社報道，英國大使館駐雅加達的一位發言人表示，其正在向在本次事件中受傷的英國人提供援助。

Last year, dozens of tourists were injured when small explosions hit a ferry crossing between Bali and the neighbouring holiday island of Lombok. The explosions were thought to have come from the fuel tank of the ferry.

去年，一艘觀光船在巴厘島和鄰近的度假地龍目島之間發生了爆炸，數十名遊客受傷。事件被認爲是燃料箱爆炸引起的。

But Indonesia has also been targeted by Islamist militants. In January, gun and bomb attacks on the capital, Jakarta left four civilians and four attackers dead.

不過，印尼也是伊斯蘭國武裝分子的襲擊目標。今年1月，首都雅加達發生的槍支和炸彈襲擊事件就造成了4名平民和4名恐怖分子死亡。