Death toll from Indonesia school collapse rises to 54

The collapse of the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school is the country's deadliest disaster this year.

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Hundreds of students, most of them teenage boys, had gathered for prayers at the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in East Java when it collapsed last Monday while undergoing construction.

Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency says it is the country's deadliest disaster this year. Rescuers are expected to complete their search for 13 victims trapped under the rubble by the end of the day.

Investigators are still looking into the cause of the collapse. Some officials said the two-storey building caved in because its foundation was unstable.

"Out of all the disasters in 2025, natural or not, there hasn't been as many dead victims as the ones in Sidoarjo," Budi Irawan, a deputy at the disaster mitigation agency, told a press conference.