Many school children among 252 dead in Indonesia quake

Death toll from 5.6-magnitude earthquake expect to riseDozens trapped in the rubble - officials

Indonesia rescue members carry a victim's body from the site of a landslide caused by the earthquake in Cugenang, Cianjur, West Java province, Indonesia. Photo: Reuters//Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana.

Johan Purnomo and Stefanno Sulaiman

Many children killed when their schools collapsed are among the 252 dead from an earthquake that devastated a town on Indonesia's main island of Java, officials said, as rescuers raced to reach people trapped in rubble.

Hundreds of people were injured in the quakeon Monday, and officials warned the death toll was likely to rise.