There Is A Grandfather And Baby In Ternate, Dragged By The Flood To The Coast And Found Dead

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JAKARTA - Two residents of Ternate City, North Maluku (Malut), died in a flood due to high rainfall that hit the city of Ternate all day.

According to the Head of the South Ternate Police, Iptu Suherman, an old man named Munawir Suleman (60 years old) was reported to have been carried away by the flood currents and was dragged along the coast of Sasa and was found by the community.

According to him, the victim was found by the community and was immediately taken to the Chasan Boesoirie Hospital in Ternate for medical treatment.

"However, when the victim was brought to the RSU, the doctor who examined the victim said that the victim could not be helped and died," said Iptu Suherman, Tuesday, May 10, quoted from Antara.

The victim was recorded as a resident of Sasa Village, Ternate City, who died in the flood currents, precisely the former time of death.

A number of witnesses said that while washing rice behind the boarding house, they suddenly saw the victim being swept away by the heavy flood. The victim screamed for help and the residents chased following the direction of the flood currents and found the victim being carried by the flood to the sea.

Meanwhile, on the same day, a 3 year old male toddler named M Dafi was found by residents carried away by floods in the ditch of Kalumpang Village, Ternate City.

The North Ternate Police Chief, Iptu Samsul B Rosonging stated that at around 14.15 WIT, the victim and his brother were playing in the rain outside and the victim is suspected of falling and falling into a ditch so that the flood was very heavy.

When the victim was found in an unconscious condition and was taken to the RSU, his life was not saved and on Tuesday afternoon, victim M Dafi was immediately buried in the Tanah Mesjid Cemetery area of Ternate.