Overview

• Rescuers recovered dozens of bodies over the weekend and are still looking for 14 students, using excavators and jackhammers to clear debris.
• The hall caved in on hundreds of mostly male students during prayers at the century-old Sidoarjo school; 97 were treated and discharged and six remain hospitalized.
• East Java police say two extra floors were being added without permits, triggering a structural failure that has fueled national anger over illegal building.
• Construction expert Mudji Irmawan says the structure could not bear the load during a concrete pour for a third floor, causing the 800-square-meter building to collapse.
• School manager Abdus Salam Mujib has apologized, and investigators are pursuing potential criminal liability under Indonesia’s building code, which carries penalties if deaths result.