The Indonesian Emergency Services have ended the search under the rubble of the collapsed school in the province of East Java. The Death of 61 People Has Been confirmed, Two Missing Persons Have Not Yet Been Identified.
However, Seven Body Parts Have Been Found. The Police Are Trying to Identify Them. The Authorities had Previously Stated that most of the Bodies Found Were Difficult to Identify. They were Dependent on DNA from Family Members. Most of the Victims are between twelve and nineteen years old.
A Hundred people were pulled alive from under the rubble. Only one student was uninjured. Four People Are SeriOutly Injured and Require Amputations in The Hospital.
Last week, The Prayer Hall of An Islamic Boarding School in Sidoarjo Collapsed When Students Gathered for Prayer. Accordance to the police, the collapse of the building was the result of an expansion of the building without a permit. Construction Workers Were Building A Third Floor, But The Foundation Collapsed Due to the Work.
The Disaster in Indonesia is Causing Anger about Illegal Construction and Poor Construction Safety. A Regional Administrator Told News Agency ap that many schools do not have such a permit.