Ambulances line up near collapsed Indonesian school building as search for trapped students continues


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  • Friday, 03 Oct 2025

Rescuers gather near the site of a building collapse on Monday, where people remained trapped according to disaster mitigation agency, as the search and rescue operations continue at Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java province, Indonesia, October 2, 2025. REUTERS/Dipta Wahyu

SIDOARJO, Indonesia (Reuters) -More than 10 ambulances lined up near a collapsed Islamic school building in Indonesia's East Java province on Friday as rescuers continued their search for nearly 60 students still trapped under the rubble, a Reuters witness said.

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.

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