Kupastuntas.co, Bandar Lampung – 4 of the 7 victims who died as a result of the elevator tragedy falling at the Az-Zahra School in Bandar Lampung Indonesia were buried in the Tanjung Jati Public Cemetery (TPU), Olok Gading, Teluk Betung Barat District, Thursday (6/7/2023).

The 4 victims were residents of the Olok Gading Village. The four are Slamet Saparudin (44), Asep Nursyamsi (39), Rahmatullah (38), and Ahmad Burhan (39).

Sobs broke out accompanying the victim's funeral. The mourners' faces looked full of sadness, occasionally heard hysterical screams.

You can see each of the victim's wives and children sitting listless and slumped by the side of the victim's grave.

The wife of one of Rahmatullah's victims, Lina Wati, initially learned about the incident after being contacted by a relative who was already at the Bumi Waras Hospital.

"He didn't say that my husband had died, he was just told to go to the hospital. I went straight there," he said.

When she arrived at Bumi Waras Hospital, she saw that her husband was dead with other colleagues.

"No one has come to the house yet. I hope the Az-Zahra School will take responsibility," he said.

Then, condolences also came from the in-laws of another victim, Asep, Sujai, who said that his son-in-law had shown signs of leaving the family.

"Our child was the night before the incident, around eleven o'clock washing dishes and glasses, which he didn't usually do. He said if this glass plate would later be used for events at home," he added.

Sujai explained that the victims Asep and Rahmatullah were still related. Where the two are biological cousins.

"We hope the school is responsible because this work has claimed lives," he concluded.

On the other hand, the Head of the Bandar Lampung Police, Police Commissioner Ino Harianto, said that his party would involve the Central Forensic Laboratory Team for the South Sumatra Regional Police (Puslabfor Polda Sumsel) to reveal the details of the elevator tragedy that crashed at the Az-Zahra School.

"Of course we involve the South Sumatra Police Laboratory for this investigation," he said after giving compensation to the victims' families in the Olok Gading State Village, Thursday (6/7/2023).

He revealed that his party was still carrying out investigations and examination of witnesses in the incident.

"We are still carrying out investigations, at this time we continue to dig up the statements of witnesses," he added.

"Several witnesses including the chairman of the foundation, there was a school principal and witnesses who saw after the incident, we have examined all of this," he continued.

Previously, 9 construction workers became victims when the Az-Zahra School elevator fell on Jalan Mayjend D.I Panjaitan, Tanjung Karang Pusat District, Bandar Lampung, Wednesday (5/7/2023) around 16.30 WIB.

Of the 9 victims, 7 of them died and 2 others were injured being treated at the Bumi Waras Hospital. (*)