Indonesia: Three dead, over 90 students trapped in East Java Islamic school building collapse

Press Trust of India | October 1, 2025 | 09:22 AM IST | 1 min read

Rescue teams worked to free survivors from the collapsed East Java school. Around 100 students were injured. The building had been undergoing unauthorised expansion, leaving families anxious for news of the missing.

NDMA updated the number of people trapped in the rubble to 91 from 38 late Tuesday. (Image: Pexels.com)
NDMA updated the number of people trapped in the rubble to 91 from 38 late Tuesday. (Image: Pexels.com)

NEW DELHI: At least 91 students remain trapped in concrete rubble almost two days after an Islamic school building collapsed on them, authorities said after reviewing attendance records and reports from anxious families of those missing.

More than 300 rescue workers desperately worked to free survivors Wednesday morning, after the structure fell on top of hundreds of people, mostly teen boys, who had been performing afternoon prayers Monday in a prayer hall at a century-old al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in East Java province that was undergoing an unauthorised expansion.

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At least three students have been confirmed dead and 100 others were injured. The National Disaster Management Agency revised the number of people presumed buried in the rubble to 91 late Tuesday from the previous 38.

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