Bali bombings survivor looks ahead as Australia marks 20th anniversary

Bali bombing survivor, Dr Hanabeth Luke reads the names of Australians killed in the October 2002 terrorist attack, ahead of the 20th anniversary of the attack, at the Bali Memorial in Sydney, Australia October 10, 2022. REUTERS/ Jill Gralow

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Hanabeth Luke remembers like yesterday crawling through burning rubble and thick acrid black smoke after a bomb exploded at a nightclub in Indonesia's tourist hotspot of Bali 20 years ago.

A total of 202 people, including 88 Australians, were killed when a car bomb exploded on Oct 12, 2002 outside the Sari Club and from another blast less than a minute earlier at Paddy's Bar across the road.