1 It Was Found, And 3 Police Members Fell From A Bridge In Papua Still Wanted

The search for three personnel from the Bintang Mountains Police who fell into the Diguel River. (ANTARA)

JAYAPURA - Residents together with the joint apparatus are still looking for three members of the Bintang Mountains Police who fell from a suspension bridge while walking along the Diguel River. Meanwhile, one victim, Pratu Ferdian, has been found.

Head of the Papuan Regional Police Public Relations Division, Kombes Benny Adi Prabowo, said that residents of Iwur District are still helping to find three members of the Bintang Mountains Police who disappeared after falling from a suspension bridge in the area. The search is still ongoing by walking along the banks of the Diguel River where the water flow is quite heavy. "Hopefully, the three members of the National Police can be found immediately considering that on Sunday, January 29, the body of Pratu Ferdian, who was previously declared missing, was found about 12 km from the scene of the incident," said Kombes Benny, quoted by ANTARA, Monday, January 30., he admitted, from the report received revealed that the three Bintang Mountains Police personnel at that time were carrying SS1 firearms and revolvers. Meanwhile, the victim Pratu Ferdian, who is a member of the Pamtas Task Force Battalion 143/TWEJ, carried one SS1 V1 firearm, said Kombes Benny.

He said Pratu Ferdian's body had been evacuated to Jayapura and is currently in Marthen Indey Hospital. "It is scheduled for Tuesday, January 31, that Pratu Ferdian's body was evacuated and buried in his hometown in Klaten, Central Java," said Kombes Benny.

The incident that occurred in the Diguel River, Saturday, January 27 began when members of the TNI-Polri led by the Head of the Bintang Mountains Police AKBP Muhamad Dafi Bustomi and Dan Task Force Pamtas from Yonif 143/TWEJ Lt. Col. Inf. Ari Iswoyo Timur along with members to Iwur to inspect the post and stay in touch with the people in the area. As they walked on the suspension bridge that crossed the Diguel River, the four victims who walked last while walking about two meters suddenly a tree that had been a place to tie the bridge rope, fell or collapsed so that they fell into a river whose current was quite heavy.