Bau Arifah (25) after four days of searching, was declared missing since Sunday (6/6) at Mount Abbo, Bantimurung, Maros Regency, South Sulawesi, Wednesday (9/6). Photo: ANTARA/HO
jpnn.com, MAKASSAR – After four days of searching, the joint SAR team finally found climber from Makassar Bau Arifah (25).
The victim was declared missing since Sunday (6/6) at Mount Abbo, Bantimurung, Maros Regency, South Sulawesi.
The Maros Police Chief, AKBP Musa Tampubolon, who participated in monitoring the search process from the first to the fourth day, said that the persistence of the joint SAR team managed to save Bau Arifah alias Eva, although in a very weak condition.
“The success of the SAR friends is due to the persistence of those who continue to seek and strive so that Eva’s sister can be found,” he said, Wednesday.
AKBP Musa explained that the incident began when the victim and nine of his colleagues had been climbing Mount Abbo, Bantimurung since Saturday (5/6).
The ascent was carried out by 10 people consisting of seven men and three women without any notification to the Bantimurung Police, the local government, village officials and local residents.
“There are 10 of them, seven men and three women. They have been climbing since Saturday and that was without notice. The incident of the disappearance of one of their colleagues was only known the next day,” he said.
When the news of the climber disappeared, all the SAR teams immediately worked together to look for him, including the Maros Police SAR, Basarnas, PMI and other volunteer teams.
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