Death toll from Indonesia school collapse rises to 63

TOPSHOT - Relatives of missing students gather as rescuers continue searching for victims at the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, on October 5, 2025, after a multi-storey building at the school collapsed. The death toll from an Indonesian school collapse rose to 37 on October 5, officials said, as rescuers recovered more victims buried under the rubble. (Photo by JUNI KRISWANTO / AFP)

SIDOARJO, Indonesia (AFP): The death toll from an Indonesian school collapse rose to 63 on Monday, officials said, as workers pulled more remains from the rubble of the building that collapsed last week.

Part of the multi-storey Islamic boarding school on Indonesia's Java island collapsed as more than 150 students gathered for afternoon prayers.