Tragic Collapse: Al Khoziny School Disaster Unfolds in Indonesia
The death toll in the collapse of an Islamic boarding school in Indonesia has risen to 36. Rescue teams, using heavy equipment, are searching for 27 missing students believed trapped under rubble. The Al Khoziny school building caved during construction work, trapping teenage boys aged 13 to 19.
The death toll at an Islamic boarding school that collapsed in Indonesia has surged to 36, the nation's disaster mitigation agency reported on Sunday. Rescue efforts to locate 27 students still unaccounted for have persisted for seven days, hampered by heaps of debris from the fallen structure.
The Al Khoziny school in Sidoarjo, East Java province, succumbed last Monday afternoon, burying hundreds of teenagers in its wreckage during prayers. The cause of the calamity was attributed to a weak foundation unable to bear ongoing construction above. The use of cranes began after obtaining consent from parents last Friday, as rescuers strove to find any signs of life.
The search teams, aided by sensors, traversed tunnels formed in the debris, calling out the students' names without receiving responses. Known locally as a pesantren, the Al Khoziny school is part of Indonesia's extensive network of around 42,000 Islamic boarding schools, educating some 7 million students.
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