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Rescuers say no more signs of life in rubble of collapsed Indonesian school

Rescuers walk in the cordoned off area at the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java province on October 2, 2025, after a multi-storey building at the school collapsed. [AFP

Rescuers detected "no more signs of life" at a collapsed Indonesian school where 59 people were believed missing days after it gave way, an official said Thursday, raising fears no more survivors would be found.

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

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