An Australian teenager holidaying in Bali was fatally electrocuted by live wires, officials said yesterday, with reports his friends at first thought it was a prank.
Jake Flannery, 18, died on Saturday after touching live wires on the popular Indonesian island's Jalan Legian tourist strip, where he was celebrating finishing
high school with friends, according to Australian media reports.
The foreign office confirmed that they were providing consular assistance to "the family of a teenager from New South Wales who died in Bali as a result of accidental electrocution".
"The Australian Consulate in Bali will facilitate the return to Australia of the teenager's remains, in close consultation with his family, Indonesian authorities and funeral directors in Bali and Australia," a foreign office spokesman told AFP.
Friends who had been holidaying with Flannery were also being offered support, he said.
