Indonesian rescuers searching for missing students after a prayer hall at an Islamic boarding school collapsed last week recovered more than two dozen bodies over the weekend search, bringing the confirmed death toll to 40.

Using jackhammers, circular saws and sometimes their bare hands, rescue teams diligently removed rubble in an attempt to find the 23 students reportedly still missing.

Rescuers found 26 bodies over the weekend alone, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency said.

The structure fell on top of hundreds of students, mostly boys between the ages of 12 and 19, on September 30 at the century-old Al Khoziny school in Sidoarjo on the eastern side of Indonesia’s Java island.

Only one student escaped unscathed, authorities said, while 95 were treated for various injuries and r

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