KEPRI - The search for victims suspected of committing suicide by jumping from the Barelang Bridge, Batam City, Riau Islands (Kepri), is still ongoing.
The joint SAR team added search equipment today by deploying two ships from the Brimob Sat Polda Kepri and boats from local fishermen.
"We are expanding the search by adding rubber boats from the Riau Islands Police Mobile Brigade Unit and longboats belonging to local fishermen. The search for victims will continue for the next seven days," said Public Relations of the Tanjungpinang SAR Office Ardila Azizi in Batam, Tuesday, May 14, confiscated by Antara.
He explained that a young man with the initials MM (20) was suspected of being desperate to commit suicide by jumping from the Barelang Bridge, Batam City, on Saturday 11 May 2024 at around 22.04 WIB.
"We have not found the victim. The SAR team and the local community continue to try to search the area around the waters of the Barelang Bridge," he said.
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Previously, the Head of the Tanjungpinang Basarnas, Slamet Riyadi, in a statement received in Batam, Sunday, said that based on chronology, on Saturday, May 11, at around 22:04 WIB, according to witness testimony, at that time the victim was sitting on the Barelang Bridge alone.
"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.
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.
If you need consultation assistance to overcome the problem of depression, mental stress or mental health. Including knowing or seeing people who want to commit suicide, you are welcome to contact the hotline of the Indonesian Ministry of Health's emergency service facilities (Kemenkes) at number 119.
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