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By DayakDaily Team
KUCHING, April 13: The body of the man who was feared to have drowned after falling from the Tun Salahuddin Bridge here was found on the third day of the search and rescue (SAR) operation today.
According to a spokesperson from the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba), the SAR team found the victim’s body at the riverbank following a tip-off from the public at 12.28pm.
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“After the body was retrieved, it was handed over to the police,” said the spokesperson.
The operation ended at 1.40pm.
The victim, 34-year-old Haffiz Abdullah Sapwan, was reported to have fallen from the bridge on April 11.
Following an emergency call through the MERS 999 line at 9.29am, firefighters were deployed and a SAR operation was activated. — DayakDaily
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