The 7-year-old Boy Who Was Found Dead In The South Tangerang Area River Intentions To Create Content Pura-pura Hanyut

TANGERANG Police revealed the case of the disappearance of a boy with the initials RA (7) who died because he was in the river in the Pondok Aren area, South Tangerang. Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of Pondok Aren Police, AKP Erwin Subekti, said that initially the victim only pretended to be drowned because he wanted to make a video of social media content (social media).

"One friend of the victim who recorded (the video) said that the victim was just pretending to be swept away and would ride through the next bridge," Erwin said in his statement, Wednesday, May 10.

The incident began when the victim and her friends were playing on the banks of the river. Then the two friends decided to climb from the surface of the river.

"The two children immediately went up because the current was quite heavy, after that witness Rafasya climbed from the river, precisely on the bridge near an elementary school. Meanwhile, the victim was still swimming and following the current, not going up," he said.

Furthermore, one of the victims' friends said that they intended to make documentation to pretend to be swept away. As a result, the two friends decided to leave the victim.

Instead of creating content, the victim was carried away by the current until he was finally found dead by South Tangerang BPBD officers on Wednesday, May 10.

"A few minutes passed, witness Rizal heard the news that the child was swept away in the river," he said.

At that time the atmosphere at the scene was increasingly crowded with news of a child being swept away.

Previously, a 7-year-old boy with the initials RA who was reported missing because he was swept away in a river in the Pondok Aren area, South Tangerang, was found. The victim was found dead.

"It was found, at 7 ( this morning)," said South Tangerang BPBD Head of Emergency and Logistics M Faridzal Gumay when confirmed, Wednesday, May 10.

Gumay explained that the victim was found, the body was caught in a riverside wood.

"I'm stuck in arrears (key) with a slightly tilted head under the feet above," he said.