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Frantic rescue as school collapses leaving at least one student dead and dozens trapped under the rubble in Indonesia

A PRAYER hall packed with students crumbled without warning in Indonesia, leaving dozens trapped beneath concrete slabs and twisted steel.

At least 99 students were injured and one 13-year-old boy has been confirmed dead after the building at Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School in Sidoarjo collapsed on Monday afternoon. 

Rescuers inspect a collapsed prayer building at an Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia.
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A prayer hall at Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School in Indonesia collapsed[/caption]

Rescuers searching for victims in a collapsed prayer building at an Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia.
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Rescuers searching for victims inside of the collapsed prayer building[/caption]

Officials say 65 more students – mostly boys aged 12 to 17 – are still believed to be buried.

Hundreds of rescuers, police, and soldiers worked through the night, running oxygen and water hoses to survivors pinned under the rubble.

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