Indonesia police rule out bomb as exchange floor collapse injures at least a dozen

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JAKARTA (Reuters): A mezzanine floor overlooking the main lobby of the Indonesia Stock Exchange building collapsed on Monday, injuring at least a dozen people under a shower of glass and other debris, an exchange employee and witnesses said.

The building is part of a two-tower complex which was the target of a suicide bombing by Islamist militants in September 2000 but police ruled out a bomb as a cause of Monday’s collapse.

Police cordoned off the complex as people fled the building, as the injured, including students visiting the building, were taken away by stretcher.

Images aired on television and circulated on social media showed a mangled metal structure that had collapsed around a Starbucks cafe near the entrance to the lobby.

The exchange resumed business in the afternoon. Its president said he believed the number of injured was below 20.