Katarina Weni Is 70 Years Old With Permission To Pick Chilies But Hasn't Been Home For 3 Days

The Joint SAR Team conducts SAR operations (ANTARA/Ho-Basarnas Maumere)

JAKARTA - The joint SAR team conducted a search operation for one resident of Detuleda Village, Mego District, Sikka Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, who had not returned after gardening since Tuesday, November 23 yesterday.

"The victim is a grandmother who went to the garden to pick chilies at 07.00 WITA, but did not return until 18.00 WITA," Head of the Maumere SAR Office, I Putu Sudayana as SAR Mission Coordinator in a statement received in Labuan Bajo, West Manggarai, Friday 26 November.

I Putu Sudayana explained that the victim's family had searched for three days but had not been able to find the victim. The family also reported the incident to the Head of the Liakutu Village BPD to coordinate further searches.

Based on this information, potential SAR agencies in the working area of Kansar Maumere such as Kodim 1603 Maumere, Paga Police, Paga Koramil, BPBD Sikka, and Sikka Social Service coordinated the search.

The Kansar Maumere Rescue Team headed to the location on Friday morning with a land distance of 53.7 km using a personnel truck.

However, until 12.00 WITA, the search for the Joint SAR Team around the incident site was temporarily nil.

Reported from Antara, the victim named Katarina Weni (70) is a resident of Nuanbalu Hamlet RT 001 RW 002 Detuleda Village, Mego District, Sikka Regency.

The location of the incident is in Nuanbalu Hamlet RT 001 RW 002 Detuleda Village, Mego District, Sikka Regency.

Search efforts were carried out by the Joint SAR Team consisting of Kansar Maumere, Kodim 1603 Maumere, Paga Police, Paga Koramil, Sikka BPBD, Sikka Social Service, PMI Sikka, the community and the families of the victims.