53 Bodies Recovered from Rubble of Indonesian Islamic School
The death toll from the collapse of a school building in Indonesia has risen to 53.
According to the English section of webangah News Agency, citing Anatolia via Mehr News Agency, Indonesian authorities have reported that the number of victims from the collapse of an islamic school building in East Java has increased to 53.
Nanang Sigit, head of East Java’s disaster relief and rescue agency, said that as search operations continue for victims trapped under the rubble, rescuers recovered eight more bodies from beneath the dormitory-style Al-Khuzaini Islamic School overnight.
So far, 157 people have been pulled from the debris: 104 survivors and 53 fatalities.
The building collapsed on September 29 while students were gathered for prayer, trapping hundreds under the wreckage.
News sources: © webangah News Agency, Mehr News Agency, Anatolia
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