The joint team comprised personnel from the Police, Indonesian Military, and Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency as well as members of the local community, Chief of the Manokwari Resort Police Senior Commissioner Adjunct Johnny Edison stated here on Thursday.
Edison noted that the search efforts were being carried out since Monday.
He remarked that the team will continue the search for the two other landslide victims.
"We had temporarily stopped the search efforts due to bad weather and difficult terrain. We will resume the search efforts once the weather improves. We hope the team will be able to identify the location of the two victims," Edison affirmed.
According to Edison, the relatives have conducted the burial of the three bodies. The officials of the Arfak Mountain District are hopeful that the search team would be able to find the two victims.
The landslide had struck six hamlets in the districts of Leihak, Apui, Demaisi Leihak, Sopnyai, Cangoisi, and Demunti.
The disaster also damaged the access road to the region.
The officers have identified the three victims of the landslide as Bomi Nuham, Oktovianus Nuham, and Esrinus Saroy.
In addition, the police stated that the two missing victims were Oktovina Saroy and Afolos Mandacan.
All victims were in the house when the landslide occurred. (*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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