Before Jumping From The Barelang Batam Bridge, The Victim Borrowed A Partner's Device To Call His Family

The SAR team while looking for a man suspected of committing suicide at the Barelang Bridge (ANTARA/HO-Tanjungpinang SAR Team)

The joint SAR team is looking for a man with the initials MM (20), who allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the Barelang Bridge, Batam City, Riau Islands. Head of Basarnas Tanjungpinang Slamet Riyadi said, from the testimony of witnesses, it was stated that the victim was sitting on the Barelang Bridge alone on Saturday. "And the victim borrowed the witness' cellphone with the excuse of calling his family. After borrowing the witness' cellphone, the victim immediately jumped and only the remaining sandals left on the bridge for identity were unknown," said Slamet. in a statement received in Batam, Antara, Sunday, May 12. After that, he said, the Batam SAR Post rescue team of five people went straight to the accident site using a rescue carrier. "Due to rainy and windy weather and limited visibility, the search was carried out by sweeping the beach around the location of the Barelang 1 Bridge," he said. He conveyed that the Joint SAR Team conducted a search on the surface of the water with an area of 6 square kilometers, using rubber boat equipment (rubber boat) and Polair patrol speed of the Riau Islands Police.

The search for victims also involved joint SAR elements, consisting of the Tanjungpinang SAR Office, Batam City SAR Post, Sagulung Police, Batam BP, Riau Islands Police Mobile Brigade, Riau Islands Police Polair, and the community around the Barelang Bridge. "So far, the victim has not been found," said Slamet.