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Indonesia school collapse toll hits 67 as search ends
The collapse was caused by unauthorized construction adding two extra floors, resulting in 67 deaths and 104 survivors, making it Indonesia's deadliest disaster this year.
- On September 29, the three-storey mosque at Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School in Sidoarjo caved in during afternoon prayers; search operations ended October 7 with 67 dead, Yudhi Bramantyo said.
- Investigators found the school had unauthorized additions that strained its foundation, with two extra floors overloading the building foundation amid substandard materials and non-compliant designs.
- More than 150 santri were inside the prayer hall at Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School, mostly boys aged dozen performing afternoon prayers; only one escaped unscathed, 99 received medical treatment, and four remained hospitalized.
- President Prabowo Subianto's administration pledged tighter oversight of pesantren and announced nationwide inspections, while the 2002 building construction code prescribes penalties up to 15 years despite weak enforcement.
- The collapse exposed a national paradox: around 42,000 pesantren nationwide exist but only 50 have valid building permits, marking the deadliest single-building incident this year in Indonesia.
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Indonesia ends search for school building collapse survivors, with more than 60 killed
Indonesian rescuers wrapped up the search on Tuesday for victims trapped under the rubble of a collapsed Islamic boarding school in the province of East Java after retrieving more than 60 bodies, disaster authorities said.
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Indonesia Ends Search for Victims of Boarding School Collapse, 61 Dead
JAKARTA—Indonesian rescuers wrapped up the search on Tuesday for victims trapped under the rubble of a collapsed Islamic boarding school in the province of East Java, after retrieving more than 60 bodies, disaster authorities said. Grief and confusion gripped the small town of Sidoarjo last week after foundational failures caused the Al Khoziny school to cave in on hundreds of people, mostly teenage boys, while they were at afternoon prayers. Mo…
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