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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Alan Vaarwerk

Afternoon Update: dozens missing after ferry sinks off Bali; Creative Australia chair apologises to Sabsabi; and rise of robot narrators

Rescuers searching for victims after ferry capsizes
Rescuers search for victims after a ferry capsized in the waters off of the Bali Strait. Photograph: Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency/EPA

Good afternoon. At least four people have died and dozens are missing after a ferry carrying 65 people sank on its way to Bali, according to Indonesian police.

The vessel sank before midnight on Wednesday in the Bali Strait as it sailed to a port in the north of the famous holiday island, departing from Banyuwangi, a town on Indonesia’s main island of Java. Local police said four people had died, 31 had been rescued and 30 were missing. The boat was carrying 53 passengers and 12 crew members as well as 22 vehicles, the search and rescue agency said, though it is common in Indonesia for the actual number of passengers on a boat to differ from the manifest.

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