A Spanish citizen named Salazar Frotos Pedro Gabriel (52) was found dead hanging himself on the third-floor stair rail of Villa Maha Mustika River Side, Pererenan Village, Mengwi District, Badung Regency, Bali.
“The victim hung himself on the stair rail with a bag rope,” said Head of Public Relations of the Badung Police, inspector Oka Bawa, Wednesday (19/5).
The incident occurred on Wednesday (19/5) around 10.00. At that time, the victim asked for drinking water from witness Ni Putu Nanda Paramita and witness Ni Luh Made Anggita Herfiana.
Then, after that, the victim went back the stairs. Then later the witness Alexey Sotnikov, a Russian citizen, saw the victim hanging from the railing of the stairs on the third floor with two strands of bag rope connected in black and green.
Seeing this incident, witness Ni Putu Nanda Paramita called witness Made Dwi Suparta. Then the witness Made Dwi Suparta immediately headed to the crime scene.
Furthermore, Made Dwi Suparta together with Yuri Shosnin cut the rope and lowered the victim. Meanwhile, Yuri Shosnin provided artificial breath to the victim while waiting for the health team from the Pererenan Community Health Center.
“However, when the health team from the Puskesmas arrived at the crime scene the victim had died. Due to this incident, the villa staff reported it to the police,” said Oka Bawa.
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