Overview
- Indonesia’s national search and rescue agency reports 141 people recovered at the Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School in Sidoarjo, with 104 found alive and 37 confirmed dead.
- Officials say roughly 26 people remain unaccounted for as clearance of the rubble continues.
- Rescue teams shifted from hand-dug tunnels to heavy machinery after days without signs of life.
- The victims are largely male students, with reporting indicating most were adolescents who were in the prayer hall when the ceiling gave way.
- Investigators cite unauthorized construction to add two stories and the weight of building materials as the immediate cause of the collapse earlier in the week.