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Death toll from Indonesia school collapse rises to 45
Khaleej Times
|October 06, 2025
The death toll from an Indonesian school collapse rose to 45 on Sunday, officials said, as rescuers recovered more victims buried under the rubble.
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Part of the multi-storey building on Indonesia’s Java island collapsed suddenly on Monday as students gathered for afternoon prayers.
Rescuers retrieved another 19 victims from the rubble on Sunday, National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) operations director Yudhi Bramantyo said.
"According to our calculation, the total number of victims we have evacuated are 149, with 45 reported dead ... and 104 survivors," Yudhi told reporters Sunday, up from a toll of 37 earlier and including several body parts.
This story is from the October 06, 2025 edition of Khaleej Times.
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