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Sole survivor from Indonesian band buries wife after tsunami

The sole surviving member of an Indonesian pop group whose bandmates were killed onstage when a tsunami hit has buried his wife.

NDTV reported that the frontman of the popular Indonesian music group Seventeen, Riefian Fajarsyah, buried his wife, TV personality Dylan Sahara, in her hometown of Ponorogo on Tuesday.

{mosads}”How can I live without you, Dylan Sahara?” Fajarsyah wrote on his Instagram account.

“Thank you guys for your prayers. Only God can repay your kindness. Please send prayers for my wife Dylan so she will be at peace.”

 

Sahara reportedly was at the same resort where her husband’s band was performing on Saturday when the event was hit by a wall of water from the tsunami. The tsunami killed at least 373 people, according to CNN.

Hundreds more in Pandeglang, Serang and South Lampung, Indonesia, are reportedly injured or missing. 

Footage captured during the band’s performance that has gone viral shows a wave crashing over the stage in the middle of the group’s performance. Attendees could be heard screaming before the footage cuts out.

At the time, Fajarsyah had called on his fans to pray for his wife and members of his band to be “found soon.”