Five Chinese tourists killed in bus accident in Indonesia

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A bus carrying 13 tourists from China's Henan province plunged into a ravine in Bali, Indonesia on Monday, killing five of them, a hospital official said.

Dudut Rustiadi, head of forensic department of Sanglah hospital in Bali, said that he has already received four bodies of the Chinese tourists.

The fifth tourist body was still on the way to Sanglah hospital from BIMC Kuta hospital, he was quoted by Republika.co.id online as saying.

"We have received six bodies, four of them Chinese tourists. We have identified them," said Dudut.

He said that all of the four Chinese tourists were male aged 50s.

The bus driver and tour guide, both Indonesians, were also killed after the bus fell into the 20-meter-deep ravine.

The accident took place when the bus was heading to the Uluwatu temple from the Suluban beach.

Earlier an official from the Consulate General of China in Surabaya in East Java confirmed the accident left five people dead, including three Chinese tourists.