Athira Makassar Junior High School Student Who Died Fell From The 8th Floor School Suspected Of Suicide
Makassar Police Chief Kombes M Njikb/ANTARA

Makassar Police Chief Kombes Mokhammad Najib said the Athira Islamic Middle School student class VIII with the initials BNY (15) who fell from the eighth floor was suspected of committing suicide.

"Regarding this evidentiary process, from the statements of the existing witnesses, from the existing CCTV footage that the child went up to the eighth floor. So, then it fell to the lowest floor," said Kapolrestabes Kombes Ngajib, quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, May 25.

The police chief said that based on the results of the investigation based on the testimony of witnesses, then from the surveillance camera footage or CCTV at the Athira school, there was a match that the victim at 9.30 WITA went up through the elevator and then to the eighth floor.

Furthermore, after arriving on the eighth floor of the school building, the person concerned climbed to the roof of the eighth floor using a ladder. It is suspected that that the person concerned fell to the ground floor of the local school building.

After the incident, the victim was found by a school janitor and conveyed to the school management, then declared dead, even though she was taken to the Academic Hospital but the victim's life was no longer there.

"It is reasonable to suspect that he committed suicide, because until the results of the examination of the results of the crime scene, there were no suspicions of other things. However, until now the evidentiary process stated that there was a match that this victim did rise alone, and fell from the top of the eighth floor," said the former Palembang City Police Chief.

From the forensic examination, it was found that there were several injuries due to the fall, injuries due to the impact and not other blunt objects.

"We are still investigating the motive problem, because we are temporarily linking the testimony of one witness to another witness. Then also with other evidence. Evidence, witness statements, CCTV footage and other evidence, there are stairs used up from the eighth floor to the roof," he said.

As previously reported, a student of SMP Islam Athira class VIII with the initials BNY aged 15 was found lying motionless at the local school volleyball court on Wednesday (24/5) at around 9.40 WITA. The incident shocked the school environment.

The school management called the police so that the victim was immediately evacuated and then taken to the Jaury Academic Hospital, but his life could not be saved.


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