![]() ![]() Scuffles can be seen, with what appeared to be tear gas in the air. 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. ![]() (Al Jazeera)Ī hospital director told local television that one of the victims was five years old. Earlier officials had put the figure as high as 174. The death toll was revised down to 125, according to East Java Vice Governor Emil Dardak, who said that some names were recorded twice. At least 34 people, including two police officers, died at the stadium. Some suffocated in the chaos while others were trampled to death. Officers tried to control the “riots” by firing tear gas, triggering a stampede as panicked fans rushed to an exit gate. ![]() 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. The tragedy on Saturday night in the eastern city of Malang was one of the world’s deadliest sporting stadium disasters. At least 125 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a riot and a stampede at an Indonesian football stadium. ![]()
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