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Indonesian rescuers wrapped up the search on Tuesday for victims trapped under the rubble of a collapsed Islamic boarding school in the province of East Java, after retrieving more than 60 bodies, disaster authorities said. Grief and confusion gripped the small town of Sidoarjo last week after foundational failures caused the Al Khoziny school to cave in on hundreds of people, mostly teenage boys, while they were at afternoon prayers.

Rescue workers are unable to use heavy machinery to aid their efforts since the debris includes unstable blocks of concreteImage: Sahlan Kurniawan/Xinhua/picture alliance Most of those unaccounted for are boys between the age of 12 and 18. Female students were gathered in a different hall for prayers and managed to escape. Rescue workers 'racing against time' More than 300 rescue workers, police officials and soldiers continue to work through the debris.