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Death toll from Indonesia school building collapse rises to 20
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The death toll from the collapse of a school building in Indonesia's East Java province has risen to 20, a local rescue official said Saturday, News.az reports citing Xinhua.
Currently, over 40 people remain missing, and the death toll is expected to rise.
Part of the multi-storey Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School in Sidoarjo district caved in on Monday during unauthorized renovation, leaving dozens of students trapped.
Rescuers deployed heavy machinery on Thursday after no further signs of life were detected.
Earlier, they had relied mainly on manual excavation out of concern that heavy equipment could cause further collapse.