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View all search resultsSix Islamic boarding school students drown in unused quarry pit
Initial assessment estimated that the water-filled former limestone quarry had a depth of some 1.5 meters.
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Officers from the East Java Police Indonesia Automatic Fingerprint Identification System (Inafis) and Mobile Brigade conduct an investigation on Nov. 21 at Bukit Jaddih tourism site in Bangkalan, Madura Island, East Java. The investigation was launched after six students of an Islamic boarding school were drown in the water-filled quarry on Nov. 20. (kompas.com/Yulian Isna Sri Astuti)
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ix students from an Islamic boarding school (pesantren) drowned at a water-filled abandoned limestone quarry at Bukit Jaddih tourism site in Bangkalan, Madura Island, East Java.
The accident happened at about 4 p.m. when the students from Jabal Qur’an Islamic boarding school were on a break after practicing for a competition.
The tragedy began when the six boys slipped away unnoticed to the former mining site, despite warnings from their teacher and senior students not to approach the dangerous area.
“The ustad [religious teacher] had already forbidden them, but somehow they went swimming anyway, without the knowledge of senior students,” said Ulil, a local resident who witnessed the accident.
One of the boys reportedly entered the water to swim but quickly began to struggle and sank. Five of his friends jumped in to help, only to be dragged under themselves due to the depth and steep sides of the pit.
Another student who saw the incident ran to alert their teacher. The ustad rushed to help but was also pulled under, apparently from exhaustion.
Villagers attempted a rescue, but the six boys could not be saved. The teacher was rescued in critical condition and rushed to a local health clinic before being transferred to Bangkalan General Hospital.
