Rihanna drops Indonesia show over security (because of Bali bombers execution)

[Coventina]

Source: Reuters

JAKARTA (Reuters) - U.S. R&B singer Rihanna has cancelled a sold-out concert in the Indonesian capital Jakarta Friday because of security concerns, event organisers said.

Indonesia has been on alert in case of reprisals after three Islamist militants were executed early this week for their parts in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that killed 202 people.

"The reason is because the security situation in Indonesia is not conducive," said Dive Poernomo, a spokeswoman for Showmaster Live, the event organiser.

She also said that neighbouring Australia had reissued a travel warning urging its citizens to reconsider plans to visit Indonesia because of the threat of attacks after the executions of the Bali bombers.



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