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At least 91 students remain buried in rubble 2 days after school collapse in Indonesia


Search and rescue officers search for victims amidst the rubble of a collapsed building after a hall collapsed at the Al-Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia, on September 29, 2025.
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At least 91 students remain trapped in concrete rubble almost two days after an Islamic school building collapsed on them, authorities said after reviewing attendance records and reports from anxious families of those missing.

This aerial shot taken with a drone shows the rubble of a building that collapsed at the compound of an Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesi.

This aerial shot taken with a drone shows the rubble of a building that collapsed at the compound of an Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesi.
| Photo Credit:
AP

More than 300 rescue workers desperately worked to free survivors Wednesday (October 1, 2025) morning, after the structure fell on top of hundreds of people, mostly teen boys, who had been performing afternoon prayers Monday (September 29, 2025) in a prayer hall at a century-old al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in East Java province that was undergoing an unauthorised expansion.

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At least three students have been confirmed dead and 100 others were injured.

The National Disaster Management Agency revised the number of people presumed buried in the rubble to 91 late Tuesday (September 30, 2025) from the previous 38.



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