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Jakarta: Indonesian officials and the families of crew members have praised the men who perished on the submarine detected on the floor of the Bali Strait.
Indonesia found the wreckage of the navy submarine of the KRI Nanggala-402 missing since Wednesday and declared all 53 of its crew members dead, the countryâs military chief announced on Sunday.
Relatives carry a portrait of Captain Gede Kartika, one of the junior officers of Indonesian Navy submarine KRI Nanggala that sank in Celukan Bawang, Bali, Indonesia.
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Berda Asmara, wife of Second Sergeant Guntur Ari Prasetya told the
Jakarta Post she had last spoken to her husband 30 minutes before the submarine left for a training program on Monday. He had asked for prayers for his safety before his departure, she said.