2 teens dead in Bogor school fire

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Mon, 07/18/2011 11:28 AM

Two teenagers died in a fire that destroyed Ibnu Tarwiyah Islamic Boarding School in Sukaharja village near Bogor, West Java, on Sunday evening.

Bogor Police criminal investigation unit chief Adj.Comr. Imron Ernawan said the fire started at around 6 p.m. on Sunday and took at least two hours to put out.

“Police officers finished their investigation at the scene of the fire at around 1 a.m. on Monday. They discovered the remains of two people who had been trapped in their room,” Imron said Monday as quoted by Antara state news wire.

According to Imron, the two victims were Nurfahmiyah,19, who is a student and Yulisiticariwyah, 18, who is an administrative staff member.

Imron said police would continue an investigation into the cause of the blaze, as reported by Antara news service.

"We will search the scene of the fire and ask for help from the National Police forensics laboratory today,” Imron said, adding that police had questioned four witness in relation to the fire.

Bogor husband and wife killed crossing train tracks

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 02/02/2011 12:41 PM | Jakarta

A husband and wife were killed on Tuesday morning after they were struck by an electric train plying the Jakarta-Bogor route.

According to eyewitnesses, Rusdi Rozali, 58 and Nurhayati, 50, were crossing the railroad tracks between Kebon Pedes and Kedung Badak.

“The accident happened at 10:30 a.m. I was riding my motorcycle near the crossing. I tried to warn them by honking but I guess they didn't hear,” Wahyu, 30, an eyewitness, said as quoted by wartakotalive.com.

Wahyu said that Rusdi had crossed the tracks but returned to help his wife when they were struck by the train.

"It seemed like the woman's leg was stuck in the tracks and the man tried to help. I saw that the man managed to hold his wife's hand when the train came,” he said.

The pair was propelled by the train into a concrete wall, Wahyu added.

Rusdi and Nurhayati, both retired civil servants, were residents of Cilebut Timur, Sukaraja in Bogor, West Java. Their bodies were taken to PMI Bogor Hospital.