Lampung resident dies of electric shock from wild boar snare
A resident was found dead after being electrocuted by an electric current that was thought to have come from a wild boar snare.
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VINA OKTAVIA
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DOKUMENTASI POLSEK BALIK BUKIT
The Balik Bukit police are investigating the case of a resident who died from electric shock caused by a trap set up by a wild boar in a resident's garden in Lumbok Seminggu District, West Lampung Regency, Lampung, on Wednesday (24/4/2024).
LAMPUNG BARAT, KOMPAS — A resident was found dead due to an electric shock that allegedly came from wild boar snares in Pekon South Lombok, Lumbok District Seminung, West Lampung Regency. The police have examined five witnesses to investigate the case.
Head of Balik Bukit Police Sector Iptu Sabtudin said that the victim is Ida Safarila (27), a housewife from West Tulang Bawang Regency, Lampung. The incident occurred in one of the residents' gardens located in Pekon Lumbok Selatan on Wednesday (24/4/2024).
Dedi Albiyansyah (34), the victim's husband, then asked the local residents for help in evacuating his wife. "The victim was immediately taken to the Lumbok Seminung Community Health Center for examination," said Sabtudin when contacted from Bandar Lampung on Thursday (April 25, 2024).
DOKUMENTASI POLSEK BALIK BUKIT
The Balik Bukit police are investigating the case of a resident who died from electric shock caused by a trap set up by a wild boar in a resident's garden in Lumbok Seminggu District, West Lampung Regency, Lampung, on Wednesday (24/4/2024).
Currently, the authorities are still investigating the death of the resident. Five witnesses, including the victim's husband and child, the owner of the garden, and neighbors, have been questioned. The police also processed the crime scene at the location where the victim died. From the crime scene, investigators found a set of cables and a generator machine.
Based on preliminary investigation results, the electrical current is suspected to have originated from traps set up by the garden owner to catch wild boars. These traps were set up because the wild boars often enter the coffee and avocado plantations. The area is indeed bordered by a protected forest and the Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park.
Until now, the police have not yet named any suspects in the case of Ida's death. The police are still investigating whether there was any negligence on the part of the plantation owner.
Separately, Head of the Forest Police Unit of the Lampung Forestry Agency, Dodi Hanafi, said that animal traps are very dangerous, not only to wild animals but also to officers and communities who are active around the forest. During the trap sweeping patrol, forest police officers have been caught in the wild animal traps several times.
DOKUMENTASI POLSEK BALIK BUKITTINGGI
The Balik Bukit police are investigating the case of a resident who died from electric shock caused by a trap set up by a wild boar in a resident's garden in Lumbok Seminggu District, West Lampung Regency, Lampung, on Wednesday (24/4/2024).
Dodi stated that they had already socialized with forest farmer groups in Lampung to refrain from setting up animal traps, both in the fields or within the forests. Even so, he mentioned that forest guard officers have not found any animal traps during patrols in protected forest areas in the past three months.
According to him, traps for wild animals used by hunters are usually made of wire. The wild boar trap made from electric cables is suspected to be a modification by residents. This is very dangerous because the traps set can mistakenly catch unintended targets, as in the case in Lumbok Seminung.
