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Police in Bali are investigating the deaths of an Australian man, 57, and his two Indonesian children, aged seven and four, suspected to be a murder-suicide that occurred over the weekend in Kuta. A witness contacted local authorities after receiving a call from the victim’s wife who was unable to reach her family. Upon entering the bungalow, residents found all three individuals deceased; initial examinations suggest the children died of violent acts while the man is believed to have taken his own life by hanging. The investigation includes reviewing CCTV footage and questioning witnesses.
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Story summary
Bali police are investigating the deaths of Damien John Shaw, an Australian man, his six-year-old son, and four-year-old daughter found dead in their home in Kuta, Bali on Sunday morning. The family's wife, who was in Jakarta, contacted a neighbor after failing to reach her husband and children. When neighbors entered the bungalow following no response at the door, they discovered the three bodies inside. Kuta police are treating the case as a suspected murder-suicide while conducting forensic examinations, reviewing CCTV footage, and interviewing witnesses. The victim’s wife is in shock, limiting progress in the investigation thus far.
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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.
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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.
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According to Denpasar police, a witness, 51-year-old Nur Khamid, received a phone call from someone claiming to be the victim’s wife at about 8.30am on Sunday.
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She was in Jakarta, and asked Khamid to check on the condition of her husband and family, who she had been unable to reach.
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Khamid went to their bungalow and tried to look inside through a window, but “no activity or people were visible inside”, Denpasar police said in its statement.
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The witness then met the bungalow owner and both returned to perform a check before contacting the “neighbourhood head”, Kelian Lingkungan.
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Residents “knocked and pounded” on the door before it was forcibly opened, and the three bodies were located.
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“Police officers arriving at the scene conducted a crime scene investigation and preliminary examination alongside the Denpasar Police Identification Team,” the statement read.
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“From 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.”
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The Denpasar police chief, senior commissioner Leonardo D Simatupang, said Kuta police officers were investigating the incident.
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“Investigators are still conducting inquiries, including crime scene processing, examining CCTV footage at the scene, and questioning witnesses – including the victim’s wife – to determine the cause of death,” he said.
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Simatupang said Kuta police had taken a statement from the man’s wife and reviewed CCTV footage.
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They had also coordinated with the Australian consulate.
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A spokesperson for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed it was providing consular assistance to the family of the three Australians.
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“We send our deepest condolences to the family at this difficult time.
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Owing to our privacy obligations we are unable to provide further comment,” they said in a statement.
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