Indonesian rescuers are continuing to search for survivors following a school collapse in East Java. Photo: EPA PHOTO

The recovery of more bodies has lifted the death toll to 49 following the collapse of a prayer hall at an Islamic boarding school in East Java, Indonesia.

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Rescue teams using heavy excavators equipped with jackhammers, saws and sometimes their bare hands, have removed tonnes of rubble in an attempt to find the 14 students reportedly still missing after the collapse on September 29.

Rescuers found 35 bodies over the weekend alone, the National Disaster Mitigation Agen

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