Teacher charged with death of 10 Indonesian students killed in flood

The incident occurred on Friday when 249 seventh and eighth graders from Turi 1 junior high school went trekking along the banks of the Sembor River as part of a girl and boy scout activity. (Courtesy of BNPB )

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): A scoutmaster in Yogyakarta has been charged with negligence resulting in death after 10 junior high school students were killed in a flash flood that struck during a riverbank trek.

“Investigators named a scoutmaster, IYA, a suspect in the case, ” Yogyakarta police spokesman Sr Comr Yulianto told reporters on Saturday (Feb 22), adding that the suspect was a physical education teacher at Turi 1 junior high school in Sleman.