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Teenagers missing in Cianten river

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Bogor
Mon, October 16, 2017 Published on Oct. 16, 2017 Published on 2017-10-16T12:14:44+07:00

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A Joint rescue team is looking for three teenagers who went missing in Cianten river, Bogor regency, West Java, on Saturday. A Joint rescue team is looking for three teenagers who went missing in Cianten river, Bogor regency, West Java, on Saturday. (wartakota.tribunnews.com/-)

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hree teenagers from Bogor regency remain missing after they were carried away by the strong currents of Cianten river in Cibungbulang subdistrict, West Java.

Muhammad Zikri, 18, Endah, 16, and Bagas, 16, were playing with friends by the river on Saturday afternoon.

Witnesses at the site, who were washing their motorcycles at the time of the incident, said they heard the screams of one teenager who had been caught by the current.

The teen’s two friends attempted to help him, but were carried away by the river as well, they said.

According to the Bogor Search and Rescue Community (BSC), the missing boys are from Cidokom village in Rumpin subdistrict, Bogor regency.

Fourteen members of a rafting community from Ciaruten Ilir village have joined the search for the missing teenagers. (rdi)

 

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