Before 7 Bodies Were Found In Bekasi River, Residents Called Victim's Colleagues Asking For Help

The victim's body was evacuated from Kali Bekasi/ Photo: ISt

JAKARTA Aryo, a resident around Jatiasih, Bekasi suspects that the 7 bodies found floating in the river were related to brawls between groups. When interviewed by a media officer, Aryo said that the victim's colleague had asked for help because his friend was swept away in that time.

"He (the victim's colleague) had said, 'bang, please, bro, my friend was swept away.' I'm not good at it, I just went straight home.' said Aryo, Sunday, September 22.

Aryo also suspected that the group of teenagers fled from the police because they wanted to fight.

"I think he ran away, immediately climbed the embankment from the Indawat and continued to penetrate here (times) to climb the embankment again into Jatiasih." he said.

It is suspected that the victims who were found dead floating in Jatiasih River, Bekasi Sunday, September 22, will want to do a brawl.

However, the youth gang avoided being chased by the police, they finally decided to cross the flow of the river at that time.

The discovery made residents around the location commotion. Until finally the police and the SAR Team came to the location to identify and evacuate.

One by one the bodies were then put into body bags during the evacuation. After being evacuated to the riverbanks, the 7 body bags were lined up on the banks of the river

Previously, residents around Jatiasih, Bekasi City, were shocked by the discovery of 7 male bodies floating simultaneously in the Bekasi River, Jatiasih, Bekasi City, West Java, Sunday, September 22, morning.

A number of bodies whose identities and causes of death were not yet known were then evacuated by the Bekasi City Metro Police and the joint SAR Team. Residents also gathered to see the discovery of the many bodies.