21 Cisarua landslide victims still unidentified

BANDUNG - The West Java Police Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team has managed to identify 58 bodies of victims of the landslide disaster in Pasirlangu Village, Cisarua, West Bandung Regency.

Head of Public Relations of West Java Police Kombes Hendra Rochmawan said that so far the DVI post at the search location has received 79 bags of bodies from the joint SAR team.

"On this tenth day we managed to identify as many as 58 bodies. Thus, there are still 21 that have not been identified," said Hendra as reported by ANTARA, Monday, February 2.

He explained that the DVI continued to continue the process of identifying the bodies that had not been confirmed through the data reconciliation stage.

"For the future, from the remaining bodies, we carry out reconciliation activities related to the identification process that has been carried out, both comparing post-mortem and ante-mortem data," he said.

Hendra hopes that the number of victims who have been identified will continue to increase as the process of matching data by the forensic team progresses.

"Because, based on the reports we received, the number of missing people continues to be updated every day. We will serve until the entire process is completed," he said.

Furthermore, Hendra said his party also deployed the Tracking Dog Detachment (Den K9 SAR) to accelerate the search process for victims of landslides in areas with high difficulty levels.

"All our resources are deployed to the maximum, quickly, and measured so that the process of searching for victims can take place effectively, while ensuring that the information provided to the public is accurate and accountable," said Hendra.

He explained that the presence of Den K9 SAR is expected to be able to help the joint team in detecting the whereabouts of victims buried by landslides, especially in areas that are difficult to reach with heavy equipment.

Based on provisional data as of Monday (2/2) at 14.00 WIB, the joint SAR team has evacuated and sent a total of 79 bags of bodies to the DVI post for further identification. Of these, there are still 21 bags of bodies that are still in the process of identification.