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Dozens hurt in floor collapse at Jakarta stock exchange

Mezzanine floor collapsed at stock exchange building
Mezzanine floor collapsed at stock exchange building

At least 75 people were injured after a mezzanine floor at Indonesia's stock exchange building collapsed into the lobby, police said, as victims were carried out of the debris-filled building on stretchers.

"The number of injured ... from the floor collapse at the Indonesia Stock Exchange is 75," a police spokesman said.

An official from the stock exchange had earlier said no one had been killed in the accident.

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.
           
Police ruled out a bomb as a cause of today's collapse.

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 with blue-tinted windows.

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said she hoped the collapse would not affect investor confidence.

The exchange resumed business in the afternoon as per schedule.