Two Victims Evacuated, Death Toll From Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School Reaches 39 People

SIDOARJO - The Basarnas team again evacuated two dead victims at the location of the ruins of the Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School building, Sidoarjo, East Java. One body was secured along with one body part of the other victim.

"Two victims were successfully evacuated. One body part and one body were successfully removed from the A3 sector," said Head of the Surabaya Class A SAR Office Nanang Sigit in Sidoarjo, quoting ANTARA on Sunday, October 5.

With the evacuation of the two bodies, the number of victims recorded 143 people with the death toll reached 39 people.

On Saturday, October 4 afternoon, Nanang revealed that the evacuation process succeeded in lifting 23 bodies within 24 hours. With conditions like this, it is estimated that the evacuation process will be completely completed tomorrow.

"From the data compiled by Basarnas based on the report of the victim's family, there are still 23 victims who have not been found. This means that with the current conditions, mathematically, the evacuation can be completed tomorrow afternoon, Monday afternoon," Nanang continued.

However, until now the data on the number of victims who have not been evacuated cannot be confirmed. This is because no party has been able to confirm the exact number of victims who are still buried in the rubble.

Nanang also said that the process of removing debris had reached 75 percent. The evacuation process is still ongoing in the A1 and A2 sectors until this news is written.