The son of an Indonesian governor, Emmeril Kahn Mumtadz who had been missing in the Aare River, Bern, Switzerland since the end of May, was found dead in the water on Wednesday morning, June 8, 2022.
The search for the missing person in the Aare since the end of May Son of an Indonesian governor came to a sad end on Wednesday. Maritime police specialists recovered the young man dead from the water early in the morning.
As reported by the canton police, the emergency services found the lifeless body floating in the overflow basin at the Engehalde weir. It could only be determined that the man was dead.
According to the canton police, the forensic investigations have confirmed that the deceased is the young Indonesian.
Cited by switzerland.detailzero.com, the 23-year-old went swimming in the Aare on May 26 and was in an emergency. He drowned as a result of this accident.
Since then, the police have been searching intensively for the man. From both land and water, numerous emergency services tried to find the missing person with the help of drones, boats, divers and police dogs.
The police have completed the investigation into the accident.
To be known, swimming in rivers like in Aare River is a popular summer pastime in Switzerland. Thousands of office workers in Geneva, Basel, Bern, Zurich and elsewhere spend their lunch breaks in river or lake baths and return for a cool swim after work.
This activity has become more attractive as average temperatures rise, which places more pressure on local authorities to safely monitor the situation.
Drowning is a relatively rare cause of death when looking at the size of Switzerland’s population.
The latest statistics from the Swiss Life Saving Association state that 46 people drowned in lakes and rivers in 2020, which is well down from 89 drowning deaths recorded in the heatwave year of 2003.***
