Indonesia ends search for victims of boarding school collapse, 61 dead

October 7, 2025 10:50 AM

Indonesia ends search for victims of boarding school collapse, 61 dead

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. Most escaped. The bodies of all 61 people in the building...

Death toll rises to 9 as rescuers search for trapped Indonesian students

October 3, 2025 12:28 PM

Death toll rises to 9 as rescuers search for trapped Indonesian students

The number of students confirmed dead after the collapse of an Islamic school building in Indonesia's East Java province rose to nine on Friday, the country's disaster mitigation agency said, as the search for survivors continued. The Al Khoziny school in the town of Sidoarjo collapsed on Monday, cratering upon hundreds of teenage students during afternoon prayer, its foundations unable to support ongoing construction work on its upper floors. Thirty ambulances had been prepared as rescuers co...