Australians warned over travel to Indonesia in terror alert
10 Jan TN
The Canberra government has alerted Australians travelling to
Indonesia to exercise a high level of caution following new US warnings
about potential terrorist attacks.
The Department of Foreign Affairs travel advisory was advising
Wednesday “a high degree of caution in Indonesia, including Bali, at
this time due to the high threat of terrorist attack” and to reconsider
the need to travel. Thousands of Australians holiday in Indonesia during
the southern summer months of December, January and February.
“We continue to receive information that indicates that terrorists
may be planning attacks in Indonesia, which could take place at any
time,” the online advisory said. The US embassy in Jakarta on Saturday
warned of threats against US-associated hotels and banks in Indonesia´s
second-biggest city Surabaya.
”You should exercise particular caution around locations that have a
low level of protective security and avoid places known to be possible
terrorist targets,” the latest travel advice said. “Australia is
monitoring this situation very closely,” Foreign Minister Julie Bishop
told reporters late Tuesday.Some 88 Australians were among 202 people
killed in the Bali nightclub bombings on October 12, 2002. |