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Jakarta stock exchange ceiling collapses | Jakarta stock exchange ceiling collapses |
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An mezzanine ceiling has collapsed at the Jakarta stock exchange building (IDX), with reports that at least a dozen people have been injured. | |
Images circulating on social media show pieces of ceiling and broken furniture in the lobby of the building amid clouds of dust. | |
The area has been evacuated and cordoned off by police, say witnesses. | The area has been evacuated and cordoned off by police, say witnesses. |
A number of people were seen on stretchers being carried from the building. | |
An employee of the World Bank in Jakarta, based in the same building, told the BBC it was a mezzanine walkway above the lobby which had come down. | |
He said he and members of his team were among those evacuated. | |
Police spokesman Argo Yuwono told local media that up to 15 people had been injured. | |
He said some of the victims, who had injuries to their hands and feet, had been taken to nearby hospitals. | |
Mr Argo told Metro TV: "We are still investigating the cause, but for now our priorities are the casualties." | |
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