Reported Missing By Parents During The Cianjur Earthquake, Rifki's Body Was Finally Found After 19 DAYS Of Searching

The joint SAR team managed to find the body of an 11-year-old boy from behind the rubble of a house that collapsed in Cibulakan Village, Cugenang District, Cianjur Regency, West Java/ANTARA

The joint SAR team found the body of a boy named Rifki (11) in Garogol Village, Cibulakan Village, Cugenang District, Cianjur Regency, West Java. The victim's body was found after 19 days of being reported missing buried by house materials that collapsed due to the earthquake. Head of BPBD Cianjur, Rizal, said that the discovery of the boy's body increased the number of victims who died from 334 to 335 people. Including eight other victims who have not been found in Sate Sinta-Cijedil and Jalan Mangunkerta, Cugenang District. "The victim's body was found last Sunday night at around 20.35 WIB, when joint TNI/Polri officers together with volunteers and residents were cleaning up the rubble of the house that the owner would rebuild. Officers smelled the carcass, so they immediately searched," said Rizal in Cianjur, Antara, Monday, December 12. Finding this, the search was immediately carried out by dismantling the rubble of the house that covered the victim's body, which had been reported missing since long ago by the family. Until finally the officers found the victim's rotting body and immediately taken it to the Cianjur Sayang Hospital. The results of the identification of the victim on behalf of Rifki have been reported that his parents have been missing since Monday when an earthquake of 5.6 magnitudes rocked Cianjur. The family had time to find the whereabouts of the child, but to no avail. A member of the Humanitarian Collaboration volunteer, Roni Elansa, said the victim's body was found in the rubble of a collapsed house, precisely between the alley of his parents' house and a neighbor's house. Previously, the victim's parents, he said, had seen when the child's earthquake ran out of the house. "The victim's body was found lying face down with his body rotting, the victim was reported missing when the earthquake rocked Cianjur. The victim's body was taken to the Cianjur Sayang Hospital, for identification and post-mortem," he said. Based on these findings, his party together with the joint SAR team will focus on finding victims who are still reported missing, suspected of being hit by a collapsed house in the area, while helping residents get rid of collapsed house materials before being rebuilt. An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 rocked Cianjur Regency, West Java and its surroundings on Monday, November 21, 2022.