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Rush to rescue dozens still trapped after three killed in Indonesia school collapse

# Rescuers in East Java, Indonesia are racing to find 38 people believed to be trapped in the rubble of a school building that collapsed on Monday. Officials say three students were killed and 99 others were taken to hospital, some of them with critical injuries. The death toll is expected to rise. Many of those who are trapped are teenage boys who had gathered for prayers. According to reports the two-storey building had an unstable foundation and could not support the weight of the additional construction of two more floors.