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Seven Langitan Islamic Boarding School students found dead
Seven students from the Langitan Islamic Boarding School in Tuban, East Java, were found dead on Sunday after their boat sank on Friday on Bengawan Solo River.
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Members of a search and rescue team recover bodies the river. Students from the Langitan Islamic Boarding School in Tuban, East Java, were found dead on Sunday after their boat capsized in Bengawan Solo River on Friday. (Courtesy of East Java’s nation unity and politics division/Eddy Sutriyanto)
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even students from the Langitan Islamic Boarding School in Tuban, East Java, were found dead on Sunday after their boat sank on Friday on Bengawan Solo River.
The body of Afiq Fadli, 19, was the first found on Saturday, some 1.5 kilometers away from Widang Bridge in Tuban regency, in the eastern part of the boarding school.
Eddy Sutriyanto, head of East Java’s national unity and politics division, said that following the discovery of Afiq body, a search and rescue team had found six other bodies near the location of Afiq’s body.
The latest body, Arif Mabrudy, 18, was found on Sunday at 3:11 a.m.,” Eddy told The Jakarta Post on Sunday.
All bodies were handed over to their respective families in a ceremony led by East Java Deputy Governor Saifullah Yusuf.
The East Java administration offered condolence money of Rp 5 million (US$385.43) to the families of those who perished in the incident and Rp 3.5 million to the families whose children survived.
As reported previously, a wooden boat carrying 25 students from the Langitan Islamic Boarding School capsized in a section of the Bengaran Solo River on the border area between Tuban regency and Lamongan regency in East Java.
The other students who have passed away are M. Barikly Amri, Rizky Nur Habib, Abdul Umar, Lujaini Dani and Muhsin. (bbn)
