At least 17 people from a wedding party, including three children, died after a boat sank on the way to the Indonesian island of Bali, with two dozen missing, an official said Wednesday.

At least 17 people from a wedding party, including three children, died after a boat sank on the way to the Indonesian island of Bali, with two dozen missing, an official said Wednesday.

"The search was called off in the evening because the waves were very big and it was getting dark," said national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, adding that eight of the 49 people on board had been rescued.