Indonesian police suspect three Australian nationals of murder of man on Bali

Published on 26/06/2025 - 19:13 GMT+2

Indonesian constabulary investigating nan fatal shooting of an Australian tourer astatine a villa connected the resort land of Bali said connected Thursday that 2 Australians are suspected of arriving connected a scooter and opening occurrence and different Australian of facilitating nan crime.

Zivan Radmanovic, a 32-year-old from Melbourne, was killed conscionable aft midnight connected 13 June at a villa adjacent Munggu Beach successful Bali's Badung district.

A 2nd man, a 34-year-old from Melbourne, was near beaten successful nan attack.

Police antecedently announced that they had arrested 3 Australian men and astatine a news convention connected Thursday gave caller specifications of an investigation they said was supported by nan Australian Federal Police.

Investigators person not revealed a motive successful nan sidesplitting but said they person capable grounds to bring nan men to proceedings connected charges of premeditated murder, which could transportation a life condemnation aliases nan decease penalty.

The crime segment investigation and surveillance cameras showed that 2 suspects, identified by their initials arsenic MC and PT, were nan shooters, Bali Police Chief Daniel Adityajaya said astatine a news convention successful Badung.

The 3rd suspect, identified arsenic DJF, helped nan others by buying a hammer utilized to break down nan villa door, renting 2 cars and 3 motorcycles and buying ferry and autobus tickets to fly nan island, Adityajaya said.

One of nan suspects was caught astatine Jakarta's Soekarno Hatta world airdrome connected 16 June and nan pursuing time nan different 2 were arrested successful Singapore and Cambodia pinch nan thief of Interpol and sent backmost to Indonesia.

Police connected Thursday presented nan 3 suspects handcuffed and wearing orangish situation uniforms.

Witnesses astatine nan villa told investigators that 2 gunmen arrived connected a scooter astatine nan villa astir midnight.

Radmanovic was changeable successful a bath of his room, wherever constabulary recovered 18 slug casings and 2 intact bullets.

Radmanovic's partner, Jazmyn Gourdeas, 30, told constabulary that she abruptly woke up erstwhile she heard her hubby screaming.

She cowered nether a broad erstwhile she heard aggregate gunshots. She later recovered her husband's assemblage and nan different injured Australian, whose woman besides testified to seeing nan attackers. The women are sisters.

Adityajaya said constabulary retrieved 1 of 2 guns that were thrown distant by nan suspects adjacent a atom field, astir 700 metres from nan villa.

They besides recovered slug residues astatine gloves and balaclavas wrong a achromatic van utilized by nan 3 men and nan aforesaid residues besides were recovered connected nan bodies of 2 of nan suspects.

Police did not item really they judge nan suspects obtained nan weapons, which are heavy regulated successful Indonesia, but Adityajaya said constabulary were still gathering evidence.

Adityajaya said that nan Australian nationalist who survived nan onslaught and nan women person been relocated to a unafraid location.