Several still missing as death toll from Indonesian school collapse rises to 37
Pacific Asia • Oct 4, 2025, 5:23 AM
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37 students, mostly boys between the ages of 12 and 19, have died and dozens more still missing after a prayer hall at an Islamic boarding school that collapsed in Sidoarjo on the eastern side of Indonesia’s Java island almost a week ago. The tragedy has triggered widespread anger over illegal construction in Indonesia.
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37 students, mostly boys between the ages of 12 and 19, have died and dozens more still missing after a prayer hall at an Islamic boarding school that collapsed in Sidoarjo on the eastern side of Indonesia’s Java island almost a week ago. The tragedy has
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