Indonesia rescuers hunt for 38 feared trapped after school collapse kills 3


  • World
  • Tuesday, 30 Sep 2025

Search and rescue officers search for victims amidst the rubble of a collapsed building after a hall collapsed while students were praying at the Al-Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia, September 29, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer

SIDOARJO, Indonesia (Reuters) -Indonesian rescuers were racing on Tuesday to find 38 people feared trapped beneath the rubble of an Islamic boarding school that collapsed in East Java during afternoon prayers, killing three, according to disaster officials.

Three people were confirmed dead and 99 others survived Monday's collapse at the Al Khoziny boarding school in Sidoarjo, a town about 780 km (480 miles) east of Jakarta, according to Mohammad Syafii, head of Indonesia's search and rescue agency.

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