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Bali Police Arrest Seven in Alleged Abduction as DNA Tests Seek to Identify Dismembered Remains

Police await DNA results to confirm whether the recovered body parts belong to missing Ukrainian tourist Igor Komarov.

Overview

  • Investigators say seven suspects identified by initials, including the man who rented a car linked to the case, have been arrested and are in custody.
  • Search teams recovered a severed head and multiple body parts near the Wos River mouth in late February, with samples sent to Jakarta for DNA analysis.
  • GPS data from a rented vehicle led police to a Tabanan villa where blood traces and items attributed to Komarov were found, with blood matching his mother's DNA.
  • An unverified video circulating on social media appears to show Komarov pleading for a $10 million payment, which authorities are still examining.
  • Officials are probing motive and whether the couple’s location-sharing posts may have exposed their movements before the reported kidnapping.