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View all search resultsA search is underway for a 29-year-old Saudi man who went missing on Tuesday while swimming off Bali’s Batu Belig Beach, the province’s fourth incident of a foreign tourist missing at sea in as many months.
earch and rescue personnel are looking for a Saudi Arabian tourist who went missing on Tuesday while swimming off Batu Belig Beach in Badung regency, Bali, the latest in a string of water-related incidents in the popular resort province.
Authorities say Alhawsawi Asad Mohamed, 29, was swimming with his 30-year-old Russian partner at the popular surfing spot at around 2:40 p.m. on July 8 when he was suddenly swept away by a strong current.
His partner, identified only by their initials LT, promptly alerted lifeguards, who launched an immediate search using rescue boards.
After searching until 3:10 p.m. without spotting Alhawsawi, the lifeguards reported the incident to the Bali Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas).
I Nyoman Sidakarya, head of the agency’s Denpasar Search and Rescue Office, said six rescuers were immediately deployed to the scene on receiving the report.
“Rescue personnel were divided into two teams to search within a 1-kilometer radius to the east and west of the incident site,” Nyoman said on Wednesday.
The rescuers continued the search with no sign of Alhawsawi until nightfall on Tuesday, when reduced visibility hampered their efforts, while local residents held a religious ceremony on the beach to pray for his safe return.
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