The body of the Australian national who was reported missing on Monday, April 22, had been found, according to Royal Oman Police (ROP).
On Saturday, April 27, the police announced that a joint task force consisting of members from the ROP, the Royal Air Force of Oman and the Public Authority of Civil Defence and Ambulance had been set up to aid in the search for the expat who had been missing for over 5 days.
According to authorities, the individual was last seen hiking on the Jabal Al Akdhar mountain.
In a statement the police said: "The ROP has found the missing Australian citizen in Al Hajir -Wadi Al Ma’awel and the missing person has sadly passed away. The process of transferring the body is via ROP Air Force, and handing it over is in progress.”
“The ROP has conducted the search operation in cooperation of the Royal Air Force and the PACDA along with the citizens and local volunteers since the missing report was received,” the police added.
A statement from PACDA said: after a report came out regarding an Australian citizen going missing in South al Batinah, search and rescue teams at the Public Authority for Civil Defence and Ambulance was able to discover the missing person, who had lost his life after falling from a mountain in the areas, with the aid of ROP and Air Force units."
PACDA urged people to not risk their safety by climbing difficult terrain and mountains in order to avoid such unfortunate accidents.
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