The Body Of A Bandung Student Who Was Carried By A Flow Of 30 Kilometers To Apra Beach, Cianjur Was Found

The body of a student from Bandung Joerami (17) who was reported missing was carried away by the southern coastal current of Cianjur, West Java/PHOTO via Antara.

CIANJUR - Police along with fishermen on Apra Beach, Agrabinta District, Cianjur Regency, West Java, found the body of Joerami (17) a student from Bandung who was reported missing by 30 kilometers from September.

Agrabinta Police Chief Iptu Nanda Riharja said Joerami's body was found by fishermen in Muara Cibuni, Wangunjaya Village, Agrabinta District and reported the matter to the Agrabinta Police who immediately sent officers.

"The Muara Cibuni service who first reported the discovery of the victim's body on behalf of Joerami to the police, after an examination it was confirmed that the victim was a student who was lost in the current on Cemara Beach eight days ago," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, September 24.

The results of the identification and information from the family, the bodies found on the border of Cianjur and Sukabumi were indeed Joerami who was carried away while swimming at Cemara Beach, the joint SAR team had conducted a search for seven days to stop the search.

The victim's body was carried by the current as far as 30 kilometers into Agrabinta waters, and officers and fishermen had difficulty evacuating because the terrain to the estuary could only be reached by walking 5 kilometers.

"The victim's body was immediately handed over to the family for burial to his hometown in Bandung," he said.

As previously reported, two students from Regol District, Bandung City were carried away by the current while swimming at Cemara Beach, Cidamar Village, Cidaun District, Monday (16/9) one of them on behalf of Rafan (17) managed to survive while Joerami was lost in the current.

The joint SAR team consisting of the TNI/Polri, Cianjur BPBD, Retana Cianjur assisted by local fishermen immediately conducted a search, until the seventh day the victim's body had not been found, so Sunday (22/9) the search was stopped.

It is suspected that the victim's body had been carried away by the current further because since the victim lost the wave current on the south coast it was quite high and often changed.