Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleRescuers search for people trapped below a collapsed school in Indonesia (AP)The death toll following the collapse of an Islamic boarding school in Indonesia has tragically risen to 36. Search and rescue operations are in their seventh day, with 27 predominantly teenage boys, aged 13 to 19, still unaccounted for beneath the debris. The Al Khoziny school in Sidoarjo, East Java, collapsed last Monday during afternoon prayers, reportedly due to its foundations being unable to support ongoing construction work. Rescuers have deployed heavy equipment and are 60 per cent complete with search efforts, which are expected to conclude on Monday. Despite extensive efforts, including tunnelling and using sensors, no signs of life have been detected among the missing students. In fullIndonesia school collapse death toll jumps to 36 as desperate search reaches seventh dayThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

Emergency officials said there were no longer any signs of life Thursday at the site of a school building collapse where at least five people died.

Rescue crews search for survivors in collapsed Indonesian school, with 8 dead, 105 injured, and 55 missing.

Haikal survived for three days and two dark nights trapped beneath the rubble of his collapsed school in East Java.

Part of the multi-storey boarding school collapsed suddenly on Monday as students gathered for afternoon prayers.

Dozens of students remain unaccounted for at Sidoarjo boarding school as rescuers bring in heavy excavators to clear large slabs of concrete

Indonesia school collapse death toll rises to 14, with dozens missing, as recovery crews search for survivors.

Authorities say they are using heavy equipment to look for the 49 people who remain missing.

JAKARTA: The number of students confirmed dead after the collapse of an Islamic boarding school building in Indonesia rose to 36, from 16 a day earlier, the country's disaster…

Indonesian rescuers are searching for 26 missing students after a prayer hall at an Islamic boarding school collapsed due to structural failure.

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Bis Sonntag wurden nach Angaben der Behörden 149 Menschen aus den Trümmern geborgen, 104 überlebten das Unglück. Die Schule war unter dem Gewicht einer weiteren Etage…

Il numero degli studenti morti a causa del crollo dell’edificio che ospitava un collegio islamico a Sidoarjo, nell’isola di Giava, in Indonesia, è salito a 36. Lo ha comunicato…

Rescue teams search for survivors in Indonesia as the boarding school collapse death toll rises to at least 40.

Excavators used to remove rubble while 14 people reportedly still unaccounted for and police allege building work was being carried out without a permit

Rescuers are expected to finish their search by the end of Monday for 13 more trapped victims.

Tragic building collapse in Indonesia kills at least 50, raising concerns about lax construction standards in the country.

The collapse of the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school is the country's deadliest disaster this year.

The death toll from a school collapse in Indonesia climbed to 54 on Monday, with rescuers continuing to search for more than a dozen people still missing,...

Indonesia's national search-and-rescue agency said more bodies discovered in the rubble, a week after school collapse.

Tragic school collapse in Indonesia leaves 61 dead, with 2 students still missing, as rescue efforts continue.