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Five more Zahro Express victims identified
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Search operation: Personnel of the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) search for Zahro Express victims who remain missing in Jakarta Bay waters on Jan. 2. Basarnas deployed 15 divers and several vessels from a joint team in the search operation.
(Antara/Wahyu Putro A.)
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he National Police’s Health and Medical Center (Pusdokkes) at Raden Said Soekanto Police Hospital in Kramat Jati, East Jakarta, identified five more victims of the Zahro Express ferry explosion, bringing the total number of identified victims to eight out of the 23 bodies recovered from the incident.
The five newly identified victims are M. Nurdin, Muhammad Bunyamin, Nazwa Sarla, Otih Sugiarti and Yeti Herawati, said the hospital in a statement released on Tuesday afternoon, as quoted by kompas.com. The three bodies previously identified were Alia, Jaksen Wilhemus and Masudi.
The bodies of the five people were handed over to their families for burial on Tuesday afternoon.
Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi said on Monday that all families of victims who either were killed or suffered injuries in the incident would receive compensation.
Families could claim the compensation as soon as the bodies of their family members were identified, he said.
Departing from Muara Angke Port in North Jakarta on Sunday morning, the ill-fated Zahro Express caught fire on its way to Tidung Island in Thousand Islands regency. The ferry was carrying 184 passengers who wanted to celebrate the New Year on the island. Of the total passengers on board, 130 people survived while 17 others reportedly remain missing. (saf/ebf)
