NZ still missing two from Bali blast

By ALISON HORWOOD

Five New Zealanders remain in hospital nearly two weeks after the deadly Bali bombings.

New Zealand's death toll from the Bali nightclub blasts is not expected to rise above three, but the police are anxious to find two people who remain unaccounted for.

The bombings killed more than 180 people.

Others remain in hospital, recovering from serious burns or injuries suffered by flying debris in the attack on two packed nightclubs at the heart of Bali's tourist area.

* Dean McDougall, 25, an accountant with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in Wellington, is in Royal Brisbane Hospital. He suffered serious shrapnel injuries to his legs and has undergone several operations.

Initial concerns about the possible amputation of one leg have been allayed.

It is hoped he will be home within a month.

* Andrew Stanaway, who works in the printing industry in Auckland, is receiving hospital treatment in Perth. He suffered burns and has undergone several skin graft operations to his back and arms.

It is hoped he will be home within a month.

* Andrew Crook, 26, a lawyer from Wellington now working in Singapore, is receiving treatment at Singapore University Hospital. He suffered cracked ribs, shrapnel wounds and burns to his face, neck and arms.

A Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesman, Brad Tattersfield, said two other New Zealanders were in hospital in Taipei. One may since have been released.

* Michael Going and Mark Skridulaitis have been discharged from hospitals in Singapore. Mr Skridulaitis, 27, of Wellington, had an operation to remove shrapnel in his knee and is in London. Mr Going, an RNZAF squadron leader on holiday in Bali from observer duty in East Timor, returned to New Zealand almost a week ago. He is recovering at home in Wellington. He suffered burns to 10-15 per cent of his body, mainly the upper body and legs.

The only New Zealander who has been identified in the morgue in Bali is Mark Parker, a 27-year-old cricket player originally from Timaru.

Two other men, Jakarta-based teacher Jamie Wellington and Blenheim-born Jared Gane, are missing and presumed dead.

It is expected that DNA testing will confirm the identity of Gane, but Wellington's family are not expecting to recover his remains.

Detective Superintendent Rob Pope said police did not intend to name the two missing young travellers because that could cause alarm. They were travelling independently of each other.

"There is no real cause for concern," he said. "However, we are anxious to locate them so everybody can be accounted for."

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