Just to get the facts straight, this event occurred well before the Kuta bombing of October 12. This point is made, not in any attempt to justify what is completely unjustifiable, but only to put it in the proper perspective.
This woman is not alone in her experience, nor is the fact that she is a woman. About two years ago, we expats lost a good friend, Norbert, in a similar situation. Norbert fought his would be robbers, and as a result, was fatally stabbed. The safety of his wife and daughter, who were in the house at the time the robbers entered, was undoubtedly foremost on his mind.
There are several consistent facts that apply to all of the various attacks that have occurred in the Ubud area over the past three years. One of which are the villages in which virtually all of these attacks have occurred, but I am unwilling to put my name publicly on that button. The other is that in virtually all cases, the victim lived in a house, or bungalow, that was very secluded, out of ear shot if help was cried, and they (the victim), had arrived very recently, (except in the case of Norbert). Normally, violence is NOT the modus operandi of the perpetrators. Their only objective is theft. But if confronted, or challenged, they will respond with violence as they are well aware if they are caught by the local Banjar villagers, their own death is imminent, swift, and without trial.
In certain villages around Ubud, a single woman is putting herself in great peril if she rents a nice secluded bungalow in the sawahs. If awakened by a thief, in the middle of the night in these circumstances, the best chance for survival is to not react, continue to at least appear sleeping, and let the SOB's take what they want. Whatever you have in your house, or bungalow is not worth being sliced and diced to death over. They, the intruders, will not rape you (or at least that has never been reported yet), nor will they kill you in your sleep just for kicks. They only want what you have.
Any lesson here for the single, or traveling alone female? I sure hope so. Avoid spending your nights in those quaint bungalows in the middle of a sawah in the middle of nowhere, and especially now. In spite of what you hear from the Balinese, "oh, the criminal was from Java," well, that is total BS. As old Ben Franklin would say, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." :!: