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View all search resultsSpanish man dies while spearfishing in North Bali
Police suspected that the victim experienced a blackout or oxygen deprivation while spearfishing at depth, due to insufficient or inadequate equipment.
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Buleleng Police officers and volunteers evacuate the body of Spaniard Lopez Pino Ferran who died on Tuesday, Aug. 19, during a spearfishing trip at Tangkad Menaum waters in Pemuteran, Gerokgak district, Buleleng regency, Bali. Police suspected that the victim experienced a blackout or oxygen deprivation while spearfishing at depth, due to insufficient or inadequate equipment. (Courtesy of Buleleng Police/-)
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Spanish man has died while spearfishing in the ocean in the north of Bali, allegedly suffering a blackout while underwater.
Lopez Pino Ferran, a 37-year-old man, was found dead after spearfishing in Tangkad Menaum waters in Pemuteran, Gerokgak district, Buleleng regency.
“It is suspected that the victim experienced a blackout or oxygen deprivation while spearfishing at depth, due to insufficient or inadequate equipment,” Gerokgak police chief Comr. I Made Derawi said on Tuesday.
Derawi said that the incident began at 11 a.m. when the victim decided to join a spearfishing trip with three Balinese.
One of the Balinese, Putu Okta Wirawan told the police that he and his brother were invited to join the spearfishing trip by their uncle Ketut Diatmika.
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When they were prepared to go, Okta’s uncle Diatmika informed Okta that his Spanish friend Lopez Pino Ferran asked to join. They waited for the Spaniard on the beach at Tanjung Bukit Ser, Pemuteran for around 30 minutes.
