JAKARTA - Member of Commission I DPR RI, TB Hasanuddin, expressed his deep condolences for the incident of an ammunition explosion in the military training area that killed 13 people in Garut, West Java. He also asked the TNI to evaluate the total security procedures related to the destruction of ammunition.
"My deepest condolences. May the victims get the best place in the side of God Almighty, Husnul Khotimah," said TB Hasanuddin, Tuesday, May 13.
As is known, an explosion occurred in the area of Sagara Village, Cibalong District, Garut Regency, West Java, on Monday, May 12, morning. At least 13 people died in locations consisting of 4 TNI personnel and 9 civilians.
The explosion occurred during the process of destroying outdated ammunition by military elements in an open area not far from the southern coast of Garut. The destruction of ammunition is part of the TNI's routine activities to get rid of explosives that have passed the expiration date.
The first explosion occurred at around 09.30 WIB and shook the area for several kilometers. The sound of a bang was loud and echoed, causing local residents to flee their homes to find out the source of the sound. Several witnesses said the ground shook when the explosion occurred.
Regarding this incident, the TNI will form an investigation team to investigate the cause of the expired ammunition explosion in Garut.
TB Hasanuddin emphasized that this incident should be a serious lesson for all parties, although technically the procedures applied have complied with operational standards.
According to him, the location of the explosion located in the coastal area has actually met the applicable security and provisions. However, Hasanuddin is of the view that tighter supervision is needed so that people cannot access dangerous areas.
"In the future, regional restrictions must be carried out with stricter supervision to prevent civilians from being in dangerous areas," he said.
TB Hasanuddin, who is a retired TNI officer, explained that the ammunition that was detonated was ammunition that was technically unstable. According to him, the first explosion had actually been designed to destroy all the ammunition, and officers believed the process had been completed.
However, said TB Hasanuddin, the nature of expired ammunition which could not be fully predicted to cause further explosions. He suspects that there is negligence in the predictions of the officers.
"The expired ammunition will not all explode simultaneously when it is detonated. Some exploded directly, but some exploded recently because of their non-normal nature," explained TB Hasanuddin.
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"This is the result of the officer's prediction error. He thought one explosion was enough, it turned out that there was ammunition that exploded recently and caused casualties," he added.
For this reason, TB Hasanuddin emphasized that this incident must be used as a lesson to perfect the procedure for destroying ammunition unfit for use so that similar incidents do not happen again in the future.
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