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Floor Collapse at Indonesia Stock Exchange Injures Dozens

FREAK ACCIDENT

Most of those hurt were visiting students.

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Antara Foto/Elo via Reuters

At least 77 people were injured Monday after a floor collapsed inside the Jakarta Stock Exchange, sending people plummeting to the ground and prompting a frantic evacuation. Most of those injured were college students visiting as part of a study tour, national police spokesman Setyo Wasisto said. It was not immediately clear what caused the collapse, but authorities say they have ruled out terrorism. “There is no bomb element in the incident,” Wasisto said.

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