At least 174 persons have lost their lives and many more injured following a riot and stampede at an Indonesian football stadium.
The incident which happened on Saturday night in the eastern city of Malang is said to be one of the deadliest sporting stadium disasters.
Police in East Java province said thousands of fans of Arema FC stormed the pitch at Kanjuruhan Stadium after their team lost 3-2 to Persebaya Surabaya. Officers tried to control the “riots” by firing tear gas, triggering a stampede as panicked fans rushed to an exit gate.
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Some suffocated in the chaos while others were trampled to death. At least 34 people, including two police officers, died at the stadium.
East Java’s Vice Governor Emil Dardak said in an interview on Sunday that the death toll has climbed to 174, while more than 100 injured people were receiving intensive treatment in eight hospitals. Eleven of them were in critical condition, he said.
“At 9:30am the death toll was 158, at 10:30am the figure rose to 174 deaths,” Dardak said.
A hospital director told local television that one of the victims was five years old.
Source: Aljazeera
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