BNPB Successfully Identify 50 Bodies Of Victims Of The Collapse Of Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School Building

Photo: Doc. Antara

JAKARTA - The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) reported that as many as 50 bodies of victims of the collapse of the Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School in Buduran, Sidoarjo Regency, East Java, were identified by the Police Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team.

Head of the BNPB Disaster Data, Information and Communication Center Abdul Muhari in a statement in Jakarta, Saturday, October 11, said that the identification process was carried out in stages since the evacuation of victims began at the beginning of last week.

"The identification data as of Friday, October 10, as many as 50 bodies have been identified," he said, quoted by Antara.

However, he said that the DVI team still had the task of processing 11 other bodies, including five pieces of the victim's body that were found by the joint SAR team in stages at the scene.

BNPB confirmed that all the bodies that had been identified had been handed back to the family for burial.

Meanwhile, a number of victims' families were reportedly still waiting for the results of further identification at Bhayangkara Hospital, Surabaya, where the DVI process was carried out.

According to Abdul, as the results of the ministerial level meeting chaired by the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (Menko PMK) Pratikno, a number of relevant ministries and institutions will assist rehabilitation efforts, including auditing building materials and designs and providing technical recommendations to ensure safety in the next development.