Looking For Ternate Flash Flood Victims, Police Deploy Tracking Dogs

Police have deployed sniffer dogs or K9 looking for victims of flash floods and landslides in Rua Village, Ternate City, North Maluku, Tuesday, August 27. (ANTARA-Abdul Fatah)

TERNATE - The North Maluku Regional Police (Polda) deployed a K9 type sniffer dog to help search for victims of flash floods and landslides in Rua Village, Ternate City, North Maluku. "We have also deployed 102 personnel from the Samapta Directorate to carry out humanitarian activities to help the victims," said Director of Samapta Polda Malut Kombes Pol Sukron in Ternate, Tuesday, August 27, confiscated by Antara. He said, due to natural disasters that occurred on Sunday, August 25 at around 03.30 WIT, 19 people had died. "From the reports and data collected for victims who have been identified as medical forensic of the North Maluku Police, there are 16 bodies," he said. Sukron explained that the deployment of Dalmas and Sub-Directorate of Gasum was to receive reports of missing residents to determine the location of the search. After that, coordinate with relevant stakeholders for the use of heavy equipment when there are results of tracking K9 in the excavation. "The target of implementing humanitarian activity is to find bodies that are still buried by landslides and flash floods," he said. Furthermore, members will also take information from survivors. Based on information, there are still three residents who are still missing and have not been found. Sukron said his party had evacuated residents and appealed to occupy the evacuation sites that had been established.

"The search will be continued with the joint SAR Team and field one sniffer dog from the North Maluku Regional Police K9," said Sukron. The North Maluku Regional Police also confirmed that they would deploy a DVI team to identify victims of the flash flood disaster that occurred in the Rua Ternate area. Meanwhile, the North Maluku Police Chief, Inspector General of Police Midi Siswoko said the DVI team of about 10 people went to the flood disaster site to identify victims. In this flood disaster, said the Kapolda, there were three members who were victims of the flood whose houses were damaged, but the victims survived. Meanwhile, said the Kapolda, one of the victims named Tarisa Cahya Ramadhan (22) died, being the son of the first officer to serve at the Sula Islands Regency Police. Therefore, the Kapolda hopes that all families who experience disaster will be patient.