"As the call to prayer rang out over the boarding school in Indonesia's East Java on Monday afternoon, the floor beneath more than 100 students gathered in prostration suddenly gave way. So quickly were the four storeys of the Al Khoziny school flattened that one official described it as a pancake disaster. Three days on, officials believe that 59 people, mostly young male students, remain pinned under the rubble of the Sidoarjo school."
"Groups of tearful parents were camped out on mats outside the school on Wednesday, some huddled over their phones, others milled around a board erected by the search team listing the names of those still unaccounted for, but all were demanding answers. There is no apology from the management of the Islamic boarding school, they even tended to blame the other party, says Jayanti Mandasari, who on Wednesday afternoon was anxiously awaiting news of her 16-year-old son Muhammad Mufi Alfian."
"Jayanti last spoke to her son just hours before the school collapsed, she says, displaying the last text messages he sent her about his health, and request for more pocket money. I also protested the construction of the Islamic boarding school building that looked weak, but the management never gave an answer, she said. Rescuers search for survivors at the boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images"
More than 100 students were praying when the four-storey Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, suddenly collapsed, described by an official as a 'pancake disaster.' Rescuers believe 59 people, mostly young male students, remain trapped under rubble three days after the collapse, with at least five confirmed dead. Groups of tearful parents camped outside the school awaiting news and demanding answers from the school management. Family members reported a lack of apology from management and claims that the management blamed another party. Initial investigations and experts point to foundational failure and substandard construction as likely causes.
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