Student dies during Red Cross training

Student dies during Red Cross training

MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: An 18-year old senior high school
student, believed to have been drowned in the Batimurung Maros
river, South Sulawesi on Monday, is still missing.

A joint search and rescue team from the state-owned
University of Hasanuddin, the local Red Cross and the police was
still looking for Iswadi.

Iswadi was taking part in a Red Cross training exercise. His
disappearance was first noted after a villager reported that he
had seen a pair of sandals belonging to the victim on the
riverbank.

He has since been declared to have been drowned.

Having heard the information, students and teachers from
Iswadi's school began searching for the victim.--Antara.