Police probe discovery of unidentified body in Sungai Petani river

Six bodies have been recovered in the ongoing search operation following the water surge tragedy at Sungai Luit. The Selangor fire and rescue department confirmed the discovery of yet another unidentified victim, raising the total number of victims found to six. Two individuals remain missing. The search and rescue operation commenced at 7am, with multiple teams assigned to various sectors to widen the search area.

Eight people were swept away by strong currents on November 9. The first victim, a Malaysian man, was discovered near the Pertak bridge at 1.30am on November 10, approximately 2.7km from the incident site at Lata Jebus. Four other victims, all foreigners, were found later that morning in the vicinity of Senget bridge and the suspension bridge, situated between 950m to 1km from Lata Jebus.

Lata Jebus is considered the probable location where seven of the eight victims were carried away. The last missing individual is believed to have been swept away from a location near the Sungai Pertak picnic site.