KUTA ~ The body of a Japanese woman has been found naked and bound in Kuta, police said on Sunday.

Hiromi Shimada, 41, had been stabbed repeatedly in the stomach. Her body was discovered in a rented house in the popular tourist area on Saturday evening, Bali Police spokesman I Gede Sugianyar said.

“The victim was found with several stab wounds on her stomach. Her legs were tied with cloth and she was naked,” he said.

“The motive for the crime is being investigated,” Sugianyar said, adding that eight people had been questioned.

In September, the partially decomposed body of another Japanese tourist, 33-year-old Rika Sano, was found near her scattered belongings in the same area after a suspected kidnapping.

An Indonesian man has been arrested and is being investigated for the earlier case, police said.