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Island focus: One landslide victim found, one still buried
After five days of searching, a search and rescue (SAR) team finally found the body of one of the two landslide victims killed in Karangpandan district, Karanganyar regency, Central Java, on Saturday morning
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fter five days of searching, a search and rescue (SAR) team finally found the body of one of the two landslide victims killed in Karangpandan district, Karanganyar regency, Central Java, on Saturday morning. The victim was identified as Gito Martono, 51, of Sintren Wetan village, Karangpandan.
The SAR team is still trying to find Daliyem, 67, the other victim still buried under the debris. The Karanganyar Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) has mobilized hundreds of volunteers to search for the body of the victim.
National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) Surakarta Post spokesman Yohan Tri Anggoro said Gito’s body was found on Friday at 6 p.m. local time around 100 meters from the location where he was harvesting rice. It is believed that he was dragged away and then buried by the landslide.
The landslide occurred on Nov. 29 in the afternoon, when eight people harvesting rice in the paddy fields in Tegalsari hamlet, Bulurejo village, Karangpandan, were buried after a 30-meter-high cliff around them suddenly collapsed.
