The joint team found three female students who were swept away in the Lusi River in Kedungjenar Village, Blora Regency, Central Java, in a state of death.
Blora Police Chief AKBP Wawan Andi Susanto confirmed three Muhammadiyah Boarding School (MBS) students Tahfidzul Qur'an Al Maa'uun Blora who were reported missing on Thursday (11/12) morning.
On Friday (12/12), the three of them were found dead by a joint team at different locations, following the river from the scene.
The three victims who were found were Chika Permata Meylani (16) from Todanan who was found at around 13.15 WIB at a location 3.2 kilometers (Km) from the scene.
Meanwhile, the second victim, namely Sulistiyana Rofiatun (12) from Tunjungan, was found at around 14:20 WIB at a location 1.8 km from the scene where the victim was dragged by the river current. While the third victim, Asyifa Fitria Ramadhani (13) from Tunjungan was found at 14:35 WIB found in the Mlangsen Village area, Blora Kota, which is 1.3 km from the scene.
"With the discovery of these three victims, a total of five female students died because previously two victims died," he said.
The two victims who died, namely Nur Cahyati (15), a resident of Kawengan Village, Jepon, were found at 13.00 WIB not far from the scene of the incident about 200 meters and Nuriita Aprila Sari (16) from Kapulangan, was found at 14.00 WIB at a location 600 meters from the scene.
Meanwhile, three survivors, namely Fatma Azya Azzahira (17) from Kedungjenar Village, Aqiella Ghazany (15) and Raisha Afiqa Maulida (14) are both from Randublatung.
"The three victims survived after being caught in a tree trunk and were successfully evacuated by residents and the SAR team who came to the location," he said.
The incident of eight victims who were swept away by the Lusi River water occurred on Thursday (11/12) at around 06.30 WIB. Eight female students MBS Tahfidzul Qur'an Al Maa'uun Blora are active on the banks of the Lusi River which is located in Kedungjenar Village, Blora District, Blora Regency to look for shells.
However, the slippery condition of the riverbanks made some of them slip and be dragged by the swift current of the river. Their colleagues' efforts to help were unsuccessful, so that some female students were carried away by the current.
The joint team involved in the search includes BPBD Blora, Basarnas, TNI, Polri, as well as volunteers. The search method is carried out by rubber boat, manual diving, and land sweeping.
With the discovery of all victims on Friday (12/12) afternoon, the search operation was officially closed. The police are still investigating the details of the activities of the female students to determine the main cause of the tragedy and preventive measures so that they do not repeat themselves.
The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)
