At least 7 people were killed when a building collapsed in Cirebon, about 220 kilometres east of Jakarta, Indonesia, on 16 April, said the local police.

Indonesian police and rescue teams search the rubble of a local art centre, where junior high school students were preparing for a show, after a tall warehouse collapsed on them in Cirebon on 16 April, 2018. (Photo: New Strait Times)

The accident also injured 2 others, one of them being in a critical condition.

The wall of warehouse next door fell over and crushed the local art centre. At that time, a group of junior high school students were preparing for a show.

The deceased included six boys between 13 and 15 years old and the centre's 48-year-old manager.

The cause of the collapse is under investigation.

In January, a mezzanine floor of the Indonesia Stock Exchange in Jakarta collapsed, killing at least 75 people.

(Source: VNA)