Carried By Sea Currents, 7-year-old Boy From Sukabumi Found Dead

SUKABUMI - The search and rescue (SAR) team found a seven-year-old boy who drowned on Cikelewung Beach, Sukabumi Regency, West Java on Monday, April 24 in a state of death. "The victim on behalf of Rezik, a resident of Kampung Cikalapa, RT 03/01, Cikangkung Village, Ciracang District, Sukabumi Regency, was found about two miles from the scene of the disaster, precisely at Karangpanganten Beach, Cijoho Village, Ciiracap District," said Commander of the Palabuhanratu Naval Post, Letda Laut (E) Ayi Jalaludddin, quoted by ANTARA, Monday 24 April. Information collected from the SAR team, the discovery of Rezik's missing body drowned on Karangpanten Beach on Sunday, April 23, originated from information from the victim's family who saw a body on the beach on Monday morning. Getting this information, the SAR team who was on standby around the scene went straight to where the poor boy's body was found. Contacted separately, Korpos Basarnas Sukabumi Suryo Regency said, after being identified and confirmed that the body was Rezik, the SAR team immediately took the victim's body to a funeral home not far from the scene for burial. With the discovery of one victim drowned on the Karangpanganten Beach, so only one more victim was not found on behalf of Dias (7) who is still a family with Rezik.

Previously, on Sunday, four families were swept away by the waves and dragged by the current of Karangpanganten Beach while playing on the beach. As a result, the four victims were carried into the middle of the sea but two people, namely Indra (40) and Nindi (10) years managed to save themselves, while Dias and Rezik's body continued to be carried away by the ocean currents and immediately disappeared when the waves came to roll over the bodies of the two children.