{"id":84468,"date":"2022-10-02T06:50:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T06:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/dozens-killed-in-stampede-riot-at-indonesia-football-match-news\/"},"modified":"2022-10-02T06:50:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T06:50:00","slug":"dozens-killed-in-stampede-riot-at-indonesia-football-match-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/dozens-killed-in-stampede-riot-at-indonesia-football-match-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens killed in stampede, riot at Indonesia football match | News"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

At least 129 people have been killed and dozens injured in a riot and a stampede at an Indonesian football stadium.<\/p>\n

The tragedy on Saturday night in the eastern city of Malang was one of the world’s deadliest sporting stadium disasters.<\/p>\n

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 \u201criots\u201d by firing tear gas, triggering a stampede as panicked fans rushed to an exit gate.<\/p>\n

Some suffocated in the chaos while others were trampled to death.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\u201cThirty-four people died inside the stadium and the rest died in hospital,\u201d said East Java Police Chief Nico Afinta.<\/p>\n

The death toll is likely still increasing, he said, since many of about 180 injured victims’ conditions were deteriorating.<\/p>\n

A hospital director told local television that one of the victims was five years old.<\/p>\n

Video footage from local news channels showed fans streaming onto the pitch in the Kanjurujan Stadium in Malang after Arema FC lost to Persebaya Surabaya. Scuffles can be seen, with what appeared to be tear gas in the air. Images also showed people who appeared to have lost consciousness being carried away by other fans.<\/p>\n

The stadium holds 42,000 people and authorities said it was a sell-out. Police said about 3,000 people had stormed the pitch. Vehicles outside the stadium were also torched, including a police truck.<\/p>\n

\"This
Members of the Indonesian army secure the pitch after a stampede at a football match between Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya at Kanjuruhan stadium in Malang, East Java, October 1, 2022 [AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Indonesian government has apologised for the incident and promised to investigate the circumstances surrounding the stampede.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re sorry for this incident\u2026 this is a regrettable incident that ‘injures’ our football at a time when supporters can watch football matches from the stadium,\u201d Indonesian Sports and Youth Minister Zainudin Amali told broadcaster Kompas.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will thoroughly evaluate the organization of the match and the attendance of supporters. Will we return to banning supporters from attending the matches? That is what we will discuss.\u201d<\/p>\n

BRI Liga 1 suspended<\/h2>\n

Fan violence is an enduring problem in Indonesia, with a strong rivalry between clubs sometimes leading to violence among supporters. Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya are longtime rivals and the latter’s fans were not allowed to buy tickets for Saturday’s game due to fears of violence.<\/p>\n

Indonesia’s coordinating minister for political, legal and security affairs, Mahfud MD, said organizers had ignored authorities’ recommendation to hold the match in the afternoon instead of the evening. He also said the government had recommended only 38,000 tickets be printed, but there was instead a sell-out crowd of 42,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government has made improvements to the implementation of football matches\u2026 and will continue to improve. But this sport, which is a favorite of the wider community, often provokes supports to express emotions suddenly,\u201d he said in an Instagram post.<\/p>\n

\"In
A group of people carry a man after a stampede at a football match between Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya at Kanjuruhan stadium in Malang, East Java, October 1, 2022 [AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) suspended football matches of Indonesia’s top league, BRI Liga 1, for one week.<\/p>\n

It also banned Arema FC from hosting home games for the rest of the season and said it would send an investigation team to Malang to establish the cause of the crush.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re sorry and apologise to families of the victims and all parties over the incident,\u201d PSSI Chairman Mochamad Iriawan said.<\/p>\n

The tragedy comes as Indonesia is scheduled to host the FIFA U-20 World Cup in May and June next year. They are also one of three countries bidding to stage next year’s Asian Cup, the continent’s equivalent of the Euros, after China pulled out as host.<\/p>\n

Al Jazeera’s Jessica Washington, reporting from the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, said Saturday’s disaster was \u201chistoric\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cViolence and riots are a common occurrence at football matches in Indonesia, but we have never seen something like this before,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a historic tragedy, not only for football in Indonesia but football internationally. This is one of the biggest tragedies the sport has seen, in terms of fan violence, in terms of deaths of fans at a match,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Other stadium disasters include a 1964 crush at a Peru-Argentina Olympic qualifier at Lima’s National Stadium that killed some 320 people, and the 2012 Port Said stadium tragedy in Egypt where 74 people died in clashes.<\/p>\n

In 1989, some 96 Liverpool supporters were crushed to death in the United Kingdom, when an overcrowded and fenced-in enclosure collapsed at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield.<\/p>\n

\"This
This picture shows a torched car outside Kanjuruhan stadium in Malang, on October 2, 2022 [Putri\/ AFP] <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At least 129 people have been killed and dozens injured in a riot and a stampede at an Indonesian football stadium. The tragedy on Saturday night in the eastern city of Malang was one of the world’s deadliest sporting stadium disasters. Police in East Java province said thousands of fans of Arema FC stormed the …<\/p>\n

Dozens killed in stampede, riot at Indonesia football match | News<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[2108,25314,46,307],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":84333,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/indonesia-soccer-stampede-kills-at-least-129-police-say\/","url_meta":{"origin":84468,"position":0},"title":"Indonesia soccer stampede kills at least 129, police say","date":"October 2, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"MEDAN, Indonesia \u2014 At least 129 people were killed and about 180 others were injured in a stampede following a Saturday evening soccer game in Indonesia, local police said.At least two police officers were among the dead, East Java Police Chief Nico Afinta told reporters. They breathing problems and suffocated\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sports"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":84301,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/indonesian-soccer-match-riot-stampede-leaves-more-than-120-dead\/","url_meta":{"origin":84468,"position":1},"title":"Indonesian soccer match riot, stampede leaves more than 120 dead","date":"October 2, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Security personnel are shown on the field at Kanjuruhan stadium in Malang, East Java. STR\/AFP via Getty ImagesPanic at an Indonesian soccer match after police fired tear gas to stop brawls left 129 dead, mostly trampled to death, police said Sunday.Several fights between supporters of the two rival soccer teams\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sports"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":84527,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/stampede-riot-at-indonesia-football-match-kill-174-league-suspended\/","url_meta":{"origin":84468,"position":2},"title":"Stampede, riot at Indonesia football match kill 174, league suspended","date":"October 2, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"East Java stadium disaster apparently worst since 1964Around 180 injured during crowd stampedeIndonesia football association suspends league to investigatePolice say they fired tear gas to control crowdMALANG, Indonesia, Oct 2 (Reuters) - At least 174 people were killed and 180 injured in a stampede and riot at a soccer match\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sports"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":84521,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/indonesia-investigate-police-tear-gas-use-after-at-least-130-people-die-in-football-match-stampede\/","url_meta":{"origin":84468,"position":3},"title":"Indonesia: Investigate police tear gas use after at least 130 people die in football match stampede","date":"October 2, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Responding to the deaths of at least 130 people following a stampede at the Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java on 1 October, Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid said: \u201cWe express our deepest condolences to the families of the victims. No one should lose their lives at a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sports"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":84327,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/indonesia-stadium-riot-at-least-127-people-reported-dead-following-soccer-match-police-say\/","url_meta":{"origin":84468,"position":4},"title":"Indonesia stadium riot: At least 127 people reported dead following soccer match, police say","date":"October 2, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"CNN \u2014 At least 127 people are dead and hundreds more injured, police say, after chaos and violence erupted late on Saturday following an Indonesian league soccer match between two of the nation's biggest teams. Supporters of Arema FC and rival Persebaya Surabaya clashed after home team Arema FC was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sports"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":85852,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/indonesia-stadium-crush-soccer-fans-demand-answers-over-policing-of-deadly-game\/","url_meta":{"origin":84468,"position":5},"title":"Indonesia stadium crush: Soccer fans demand answers over policing of deadly game","date":"October 3, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"CNN \u2014 As Indonesian families bury their dead, questions are being asked as to how a soccer match attended only by supporters of the home team descended into chaos resulting in one of the sport's worst ever tragedies. At least 125 people were killed and more than 300 others injured\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sports"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AP22275022289228.jpg?resize=1920,1440","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84468"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}