Floor collapses at Indonesia Stock Exchange, nearly 12 people injured

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Reuters Staff 1 Min Read JAKARTA (Reuters) - The second floor of the Indonesia Stock Exchange building collapsed on Monday, said an exchange employee, injuring around a dozen people who were carried on stretches from the building. Injured people are treated outside the Indonesian Stock Exchange building following reports of a collapsed structure inside the building in Jakarta, Indonesia January 15, 2018. Reuters

Nearly a dozen people were seen running from the Indonesia Stock Exchange building in Jakarta on Monday after the collapse of the second floor of the building, multiple media reports said.

Markets were on a midday break when the incident occurred. Injured were ferried to the hospital after the collapse of the second floor.

Quoting an exchange employee, Reuters reported that the injured, almost a dozen people were carried on stretches from the building and treated outside the Indonesian Stock Exchange building.

Images circulated on social media showed a mangled metal structure that had collapsed around a Starbucks cafe near the entrance to the multi-story building, NBC news reported.

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This article was first published on January 15, 2018
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