JAKARTA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- One foreign tourist was killed and two others injured after a boat capsized off the coast of Indonesia's resort island of Bali, an official said on Saturday.

The boat, carrying 13 people, 11 of them from Australia, was struck by large waves off Klungkung regency on Friday, according to I Putu Widia Ada, head of the operational unit of the disaster management and mitigation agency in the regency.

"One person died while being rushed to a hospital in Denpasar city, and two others were injured," Ada said.

I Nyoman Sidakarya, head of the search and rescue office of Bali province, told Xinhua that the island was experiencing extreme weather conditions at the time. Enditem

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