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Erik de Haart: Bali bombing hero dies aged 67

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Erik de Haart returned to Kuta and the Bali bombings memorial monument in the years after the attack. Anta Kesuma
Camera IconErik de Haart returned to Kuta and the Bali bombings memorial monument in the years after the attack. Anta Kesuma Credit: Supplied

A Sydney man credited with saving lives in the immediate aftermath of the 2002 Bali bombings has died.

Erik de Haart was with the Coogee Dolphins rugby league team in Kuta when terrorists detonated bombs in two busy bars; 202 people died, including 88 Australians.

Mr De Haart is credited with pulling people out of the wreckage.

He died aged 67 of a suspected heart attack during the weekend, The Daily Mail reports.

More to come.

Originally published as Bali bombing hero Erik de Haart dies aged 67

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