Bathing On Ketang Lampung Beach With 8 Friends, 12-year-old Boy Dragged By Waves Found Dead

Atmosphere when the victim was found drowned on South Lampung Beach, Monday (18/9/2023) (PHOTO BETWEEN/HO-Basarnas Bakauheni)

The joint SAR team found a 12-year-old boy with the initials FG (13) who drowned on Ketang Beach, Kalianda District, South Lampung Regency.

"The drowning victim was found at 17.00 WIB, the location at the scene of the sinking," said the Coordinator of the Bakauheni Basarnas SAR Post Febri Yanda when contacted from the West Coast, Monday, September 18, confiscated by Antara.

He said the drowning victim was found in the Ketang Beach area not far from the location of the incident. His condition is dead.

"For now, we have evacuated the body, and now it has been taken by a BPBD ambulance to the funeral home," he said.

Previously, a joint SAR team consisting of Basarnas, Damkarmat, Airud Police and local residents conducted a search for FG which was reported to have drowned.

"Yes, that's right, until now we, together with Basarnas, Airud Police and the community, continue to search for drowning victims on Ketang Beach," said Head of the Fire and Rescue Division at the South Lampung Regency Fire and Rescue Service (Damkarmat), Rully Fikriansyah.

He said the victim FG, a resident of Way Megat Hamlet, Bumidaya Village, Palas District, was reported missing while bathing at Ketang Beach.

He explained that the incident of the disappearance of FG began when he and his theme were bathing in the beach area, then at 14.30 WIB, the victim was declared missing.

"According to the victim's friend, M. Yunus, they took a bath with eight of their colleagues at Ketang Beach from 09.00 WIB. He and victim Faizal Guntur were dragged by the waves at around 14.00 WIB. Then Yunus was rescued by his colleagues. But the victim was dragged by the waves," he said.

The team in the field is still struggling to trace the coast area using one rubber boat and other diving equipment.

However, in searching for his party, the waves were quite large, making it difficult for officers to find the whereabouts of victims.