Wild tiger attacked residents in Simpang Kanan Village, Pelangiran District, Indragiri Hilir Regency (Inhil), Riau. The victim who was attacked by the tiger was also killed with a biting wound in the neck.
which happened on Saturday (10/3/2018) at 20.00 pm. the occurrence of the village of Sinar Danau Tanjung Simpang Village, Pelangiran District.
the victim was a construction worker named Yusri (34) a resident of Pulau Muda Village Kec Teluk Meranti Kab Pelalawan, Riau. afternoon at around 17.00 pm the victim along with his colleague Rusli (41), Indra (26) and Syahran (26) were working on the building for swiftlet nest. the victim came from Kab Pelalawan.
at that time a tiger was under the building they were working on. Seeing a tiger below, they chose to stay on top of the building. Until two hours passed, they remained silent on the building until dark.
"After the tiger disappeared, the victim and his companion rushed down, but it was only about 250 meters, suddenly, the king of the forest, again appeared from the front.The presence of the beast, immediately causing panic and they ran to escape, "that night the fellow construction workers called each other his colleagues. But when the name Yusri called no reply.
Then these workers tried to contact the people of Dusun Sinar Lake to ask for help from the local people. Shortly thereafter that night the crowd came to the location. Residents come by small boat.
Searching for Yusri, immediately done. Not long that night the victim was found, on the plant (a kind of grass on the water).
"Yusri, however, does not seem to move anymore, at the nape of his neck, visible signs of tiger fangs,".
Police Personnel Pelangiran who got the report, came to the scene with the Team BBKSDA Riau Province. The team then evacuated the bodies of victims to KPP Pulai clinic PT THIP.
"From the examination, it is known the victim died, because of bleeding due to wounds torn bite tiger in the nape,"
"The victim's body then handed over to the family, and brought back to his village in the village of Pulau Muda Teluk Meranti District Pelalawan District, to be buried there," lid M Rafi.
As known, already two months BBKSDA Riau team with TNI / Police conduct a benita tiger search Bonita who previously attacked Jumiati to death on January 3, 2018 ago. Bonita has tried to evacuate, but it has not worked. There has been no definite information, whether the second victim is also attacked Bonita. But clearly Bonita already behave deviant not uncomfortable interact with humans.