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Gun From Bali Villa Killing Found in River as Three Australians Face Murder Charges

They could face execution if convicted under Indonesia’s strict premeditated murder law.

Indonesian police officers escort Australian D.J.F., one of the suspects in the fatal shooting of an Australian tourist, ahead of a press conference at the local police precinct in Badung, Bali, Indonesia on Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
Background, from left, in orange t-shirt, Australians T.P, D.J.F, and M.C., the suspects in the murder of an Australian tourist who was shot to death at a villa, are presented to the media during a press conference at the local police precinct in Badung, Bali, Indonesia on Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
Indonesian police officers escort Australian M.C., one of the suspects in the fatal shooting of an Australian tourist, ahead of a press conference at the local police precinct in Badung, Bali, Indonesia on Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
Indonesian police officers escort Australian T.P., one of the suspects in the fatal shooting of an Australian tourist, ahead of a press conference at the local police precinct in Badung, Bali, Indonesia on Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

Overview

  • Two shooters, Mevlut Coskun and Paea I Middlemore Tupou, and alleged planner Darcy Francesco Jenson have been charged with premeditated murder in Bali.
  • Indonesian police paraded the trio following arrests in Singapore, Jakarta and Cambodia facilitated by Interpol and Australian Federal Police.
  • The handgun used to kill 32-year-old Melbourne father Zivan Radmanovic was recovered from a river in Tabanan and investigators say fellow Australian Sanar Ghanim survived being shot in the leg and beaten during the same attack.
  • Detectives traced a sledgehammer bought near the crime scene, analysed GPS data from a hired vehicle and found gun residue on masks and clothing to reconstruct the attack.
  • Authorities are probing connections between the victims and Melbourne’s criminal underworld as they assess whether the killing was a targeted hit.