SAR Find 2 Bodies Again, Victims Of The Cianjur Earthquake Are Identified As 159 Bodies

The joint SAR team again found the bodies of victims buried by landslides due to the Cianjur earthquake, West Java, at the Sate Sinta-Cijedil search point, Tuesday (20/12/2022).(ANTARA/Ahmad Fikri). (Ahmad Fikri)

The joint SAR team again found the bodies of two landslide victims due to the 5.6 magnitude earthquake that rocked Cianjur. The body was found at the Sate Sinta-Cijedil search point, Cugenang District, Cianjur.

The Head of Public Relations of the Cianjur Police, Ipda Nanang Sunarya, said that the bodies of the two women and men were immediately taken to the Cianjur Sayang Hospital.

"Not far from the first body was found, officers again found the bodies of women, so that in the past two days, three bodies have been found. The search for the last day will continue to be maximized until five other bodies are found," said Nanang in Cianjur, Tuesday, December 20.

Nanang explained that until the last day the search limit was still using heavy equipment to make it easier for officers to conduct searches at points where the victims were suspected of being buried.

The families who participated in monitoring the search hoped that the bodies of the victims could be found entirely.

"We identified, matched with the characteristics of the missing victim and DNA tests with samples from family members of the victim who reported missing. The joint SAR team will maximize the search process on the last day of this disaster emergency response," he said.

Previously, the joint SAR team found the body of a landslide victim due to the Cianjur earthquake. The victim is in incomplete condition on behalf of Sahroni (24), a resident of Cijedil Village, Cugenang District.

The man's body was identified based on fingerprints, medical marks, dental and property medical, so that the number of victims identified increased to 159 bodies.