October 11, 2011
Bali Police have arrested three security guards from Bali’s notorious Bounty Discotheque for the alleged beating of an Australian family, a report said on Tuesday.
An unidentified Kuta Police officer told the heraldsun.com.au that three people had been detained for two days.
Former North Melbourne AFL coach Dean Laidley was quoted as alleging the “horrifying” incident was most likely a “targeted attack.”
“Laidley was hit over the head with a bottle by security staff and has stitches, his son Kane has a broken jaw, and several other family members have severe facial injuries, including women,” the news portal reported.
He said another family member was held under a pond in front of the bar and “almost drowned.”
Laidley said police had told him that the unprovoked attack by 10 bouncers on 12 family members was “a setup.”
“Things like this happen a hell of a lot [in Bali]. Probably not to this degree but we just found it really strange as a family that the only people who have been hurt in the whole incident were members of our party,” he was quoted as saying.
Bali International Medical Center spokeswoman Tasya Aulia criticized the bouncers.
“It happens a lot over here that tourists get beaten up by security, and other tourists as well,” she was quoted as saying.
A number of staff from the same bar were involved in a barroom brawl that led to the death of 22-year-old Sean Headifen, a tourist from New Zealand, in 2009.
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