Indonesia: Stock Exchange floor collapses, dozens wounded
Dozens of people were injured when a mezzanine floor of the Indonesia Stock Exchange in Jakarta collapsed on January 15, Indonesian police said.
This photo received from Amailia Putri Hasniawati via WhatsApp shows people looking for victims after an internal balcony collapsed at Indonesia’s stock exchange in Jakarta on January 15, 2018 (Source: AFP/VNA)Jakarta (VNA) – Dozens of people were injured when a mezzanine floor of the Indonesia Stock Exchange in Jakarta collapsed on January 15, Indonesian police said.
Images aired on television and circulated on social media showed a concrete and metal structure that had collapsed around a Starbucks cafe near the entrance to the lobby of the building.
All victims were taken to local hospital, and investigations are underway, police said.
Director of the stock exchange Alpino Kianjaya declined to comment on the incident.
The high-rise building, constructed in the late 1990s, is part of a two-tower complex also housing offices of the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation. It was the target of a car bombing by Islamist militants in September 2000.-VNA
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