Nekat Melaut When The Weather Is Bad, Gorontalo Residents Are Found Dead In The Bakau Forest

The Kwandang SAR team and a combination managed to find one resident of North Gorontalo, who had been missing since Thursday (2/2/2023) in the Bakau Hulapa Forest area, Bulalo Village. (ANTARA)

GORONTALO - Residents of North Gorontalo, Gorontalo Province, Gune Kamajati (69), from Hulapa Hamlet, Bulalo Village, who were missing in the mangrove forest, were found dead. Kamajati was previously desperate to go to sea during bad weather. Coordinator of Search and Rescue Post or SAR (Search and Rescue) Kwandang Aprianto Hurain in Gorontalo, Sunday, said the discovery of the victim's body 638 meters from the starting point of the victim dropped to look for Siput Laut or Luawo, at the location of the Dusun Hulapa pond. "Since last Saturday, the SAR team has focused on searching in the Hulapa Beach area, also trailing the mouth of the river around the mangrove forest," he said.The bodies of the victims were found in the mangrove forest area, Hulapa River estuary and Katialada Village, Kwandang District, at around 14:48 WITa and were immediately evacuated to the funeral home. Head of Bulalo Village Fiti K. Rahim expressed his gratitude to the joint SAR team for the search effort. "Alhamdulillah has been found, even in a dead condition," he said.Jasad Gune Kamabati was immediately evacuated by the SAR team to the funeral home in Hulapa Hamlet at 15.27 Wita. "On behalfs of the family, the community and the Government of Bulalo Village, we would like to thank the SAR team of Pos Kwandang, TNI and North Gorontalo Police, as well as Taruna Disaster Prepared parties who have helped and tried to search, "he said.