"Parents and rescuers in Indonesia were desperately searching for dozens of teenage boys believed to be trapped, a day after the collapse of an Islamic boarding school which has already left three dead, authorities said. Authorities said 91 people were listed as missing after the Al Khoziny school building collapsed while pupils held late afternoon prayers in a mosque housed on a lower floor of a building whose upper floors were under construction."
"By late evening on Tuesday, three bodies had been recovered, with those missing still trapped under huge slabs of concrete. Ninety-nine children and workers at the school were accounted for. The head of the local rescue agency, Nanang Sigit, told reporters that rescuers had detected signs of life beneath the debris. Rescuers race to find survivors after school collapse in Indonesia video We used a camera and were able to detect six victims who showed signs of life, he said."
An Islamic boarding school building in Sidoarjo, East Java collapsed while pupils were holding late afternoon prayers, leaving three confirmed dead and 91 people listed as missing. The mosque was on a lower floor while the building's upper floors were under construction. By evening three bodies had been recovered and 99 children and workers were accounted for. Local rescuers detected signs of life under the rubble and reported seeing movement from victims when illuminated by a search camera. Excavators and a crane are being used cautiously, with heavy equipment avoided to prevent further collapse.
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