Jakarta: Indonesian rescue teams are continuing a tense operation to save dozens of students trapped beneath the ruins of a collapsed school in East Java, with hopes of finding more survivors still alive.

The collapse occurred at Al Khoziny boarding school in Sidoarjo district, after unauthorized expansion work weakened the building’s foundation. Initial reports suggested as many as 91 students could have been inside at the time of the disaster.

So far, at least five students have been rescued alive, while the confirmed death toll has risen to at least six, according to officials. Authorities say around 59 students remain unaccounted for, though numbers vary as lists of missing students are cross-checked with families.

Rescue efforts have been slowed by unstable debris and a recent ma

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