Investigations to identify victims at the male boarding school which collapsed a week ago in Java Indonesia was completed today, with the final official report rising to 67 dead, rescue officials said.

A previous report, released Monday night, spoke of 63 dead.

‘The total number of victims we removed amounted to 171, including 67 dead and 104 survivors“, Said Judy Bramannio, Director of Busarnas Business Service (Basarnas).

“On the ninth day, we ended up searching and rescuing the victims. We also removed all the materials of the building that collapsed, “said Mohammad Siafi, the director of the same service during a press conference. “,” He added.

Neither one, nor the other official said if there were still missing. However, yesterday, a first aid official spoke of at least ten people whose fate was still is ignored.

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Just 17 of the dead have been recognized As this stage, at the police disaster identification unit.

Part of a high -rise boarding house of the Islamic Hawks al -Hozini, in Sintozo, near the big city of Surabaya, in eastern Java, suddenly collapsed last Monday as students gathered for the afternoon.

This is the most long -standing disaster in Indonesia since the beginning of the year, according to Buddy Irauan, deputy director of the National Disaster Response Service (BNPB).

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Authorities are now turning their attention to the causes of the collapse of the building, where work was ongoing. According to experts, the first indications suggest that the work did not comply with the regulations.

On the day of the disaster, one of the boarding school guards said the building was collapsing as workers were throwing concrete to build an extra floor.

The relaxation in the implementation of the building regulation and the absence of controls on construction sites raise concerns about the safety of buildings in Indonesia.

In September, at least three people were killed and dozens others were injured when a building was collapsed in a prayer room in the western part of Java.