KENDARI - The Kendari National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) conducted a search operation for an elderly man named Ismail (62) who was reported missing in the Lalindu River, Lamonea Village, Wiwirano District, North Konawe Regency, Southeast Sulawesi.
Head of Kendari Basarnas Aris Sofingi in a written statement received in Kendari, Wednesday, April 13, said that his party received a report of the incident from a former head of Lamonea Village named Ali Imran.
"At 9:05 pm the information center of the Search and Rescue Office (KPP) or Basarnas Kendari received information from Mr. Ali Imran, the former head of Lamonea Village who reported that there had been a dangerous condition for humans for one missing person in the Lalindu river, North Konawe," he said, quoted by Antara.
Based on the report, at 21:24 central Indonesia time, the Rescue Team of the North Konawe SAR Alert Unit was dispatched to the last location where the victim was reported missing to provide SAR assistance.
"The distance to where the victim was last reported missing from the North Konawe SAR Alert Unit was about 76 kilometers," said Aris.
The victim is a resident of Lamonea Village, Wiwirano District, North Konawe Regency.
Aris said the victim reportedly went to his garden with a colleague at around 13.00 central Indonesia time. However, when the victim's colleague returned at around 17.34 central Indonesia time, the victim's colleague did not find Ismail's whereabouts.
"The victim's colleague only found Ismail's clothes on the banks of the Lalindu River, a search has been carried out by the family and the local community, but until this information was received with no results," said Aris.
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