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View all search resultsBoarding school collapse death toll rises to 17, dozens still missing
Rescuers retrieved two bodies and a body part from the rubble on Saturday, bringing the death toll to 17, National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) operation director Yudhi Bramantyo said in a statement.
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The remains of a student killed in a building collapse at the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school is brought in a body bag to the Bhayangkara hospital in Surabaya, East Java on Oct. 4, 2025. The death toll in a school collapse rose to 17 on Oct. 4, officials said, as rescuers deployed heavy machinery to recover dozens more victims believed still buried under the rubble. (AFP/Juni Kriswanto )
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he death toll in a boarding school collapse in Sidoarjo, East Java, rose to 17 on Saturday, officials said, as rescuers deployed heavy machinery to recover dozens more victims believed still buried under the rubble.
Part of the multi-story boarding school collapsed suddenly on Monday as students gathered for afternoon prayers.
Rescuers retrieved two bodies and a body part from the rubble on Saturday, bringing the death toll to 17, National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) operation director Yudhi Bramantyo said in a statement.
"The evacuation process is still ongoing. Debris removal is focused to the north side in an area not integrated with the main structure," Yudhi said Saturday.
Local search and rescue agency head Nanang Sigit confirmed the updated toll in a separate statement.
Earlier on Saturday, authorities said they had recovered nine bodies on Friday.
Rescuers were searching for 49 people still missing, National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) chief Suharyanto said before prior to the retrieval of the latest bodies.
