Three Dead, dosens trapped after School Collaps on Students

Rescuers are racing to pull dosens of students and workers from under the rubble of a schoo stupened in east Java, Indonesia.

Three People have been killed and 99 others hospitalized, some of the say with critical injuries, officials Said Tuesday, adding that the death toll May Rise.

At Least 38 Others, Many of the Teenage Boys Remain Capped Under the Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School in the East Java Town of Cavkeyjo. They have gathered for the Prayers when the Building Gave Way on Monday.

The Two-Storey Building Had an Unstable Foundation and Could Not Support the Weight of the Construction of Two More Floors, the Disaster Mythigation Agency Said.

The Girls Were Praying in Another Part of the Building and Manage to Escape, Acciting to the Associated Press.

Students in the schoool are between the ages of 12 and 17.

Footage on Local Media Show The Collaps of the Building Completely Sunnah in, With Large Slabs of Concrete Sticking Out.

Crying and Shouting Can Be Heard from the Rubble, Authorities Said, while anxious relatives have CAMPED OUT at the school overnight awaiting news of their loves.

Doses of rescuers have been searching overnight for survivors, but the rescue was temporalily suspended on tuesday, with autorities saying the building is at risk of stherter collapse.

The Collapsed Building Has Taken on “A Pancake Type Structure with Layers of Concrete Leaving Only Narrow Voids, Unstable Conditions, and the Postsility of Survivors Still Trappled,” Said Mohammad Syafeii, Head of the Search and Rescue Agency Basarnas.

His Agency is preparing for a “Specialized Operation” and has dets detits from Around the region that will be equipped with “special extrification” tools “, he said.

Mr syafeii also laid out the dilemma with the use of heavy Equipment, Such as Cranes and Excavators. While they help the Concrete Slabs and Open Access, “shifting the slabs may Also endanger the lives of survivors Still the rubble beneath”, he said.

Rosida, Whose Son Kaffa Ahmad Maulana is Among Those Missing, Said She Been Waiting for News Since Monday Evening.

“Last spoke with Him the day before the incident, and nothing semed unusual during that conversation,” Said the 47-Yaar-op. Another of her children, who was also affected by the collapse, is being treated at a hospital.

Students who survived the incident have recounting their forgetting escapes to local media.

Seventh Grader Muhammad rijalul Qoib Said Norreds of People Had Gathered to Pray they are heard the sound of faling rocks.

“It got louder and louder,” The 13-Yaar-Old Told Deticon, Adding that he immediately ran outside.

He was hit by falling roof debr, but managed to climble out of the rubble.

Another student, Sofa, Told Compass he saw students with “Lots of Injuries”. “There are wello Broken Bones,” he Said.

The School’s Caretaker Kh Abdus Salam Mujib Apolograted to the Students’ Families on Monday, Attributing The Incident to “God’s Will”. “HOPALLY, GOD WILL REPLACE IT WITH Something,” He Said.

Anyone Town’s Regent Claims The School’s Management Had not obtained permits for the expansion of the Building.

Al Khoziny is a Traditional Islamic Boarding School in Indonesia Known as a pesantren.

Traditionally, Pesantren Focus on Islamic Studies, Such As Memorising the Quran, Learning Arabic and Islamic Law, but Many Now Also Offer General Education.

Unlike Regular Schools, Pesantren Fall Under the Authority of Indonesia’s Ministry of Religious Affairs, Not the Ministry of Education.

Howver, Oversight is offten limited. Many pesantren operate informally, without Strong Regulation or consistent monitoring.

Indonesia’s Construction sector has a poor safety record, with the international labour organization rating it Among the worst gloly.

Earlier this month, at least four people were killed and dosens injured when a building where have been gathered for a Prayer recital collapse suddenly in west java.