- Title: 129 people dead in stampede at Indonesian soccer match riot, police say
- Date: 2nd October 2022
- Summary: MALANG, EAST JAVA PROVINCE, INDONESIA (OCTOBER 1, 2022) (REUTERS) FANS STORMING SOCCER PITCH PLAYER BEING USHERED AWAY FROM THE PITCH BY SECURITY AND RIOT POLICE AS SCUFFLES BREAK OUT SMOKE RISING FROM FLARES IN STANDS NEAR THE PITCH / VARIOUS OF FANS STREAMING ONTO THE PITCH AND SCUFFLING WITH POLICE AND SECURITY MAN FALLING IN FRONT OF POLICE OFFICER, GETTING UP AND RUNNING AWAY / FANS GESTURING AT POLICE FANS RIOTING ON THE PITCH FANS STREAMING ONTO THE PITCH AND THROWING OBJECTS AT POLICE POLICE CHARGING AT FANS WITH SHIELDS AND BATONS VARIOUS OF POLICE IN THE CORNER OF THE PITCH, TEAR GAS SMOKE RISING / A RIOT ON THE OTHER END OF THE PITCH
- Embargoed: 16th October 2022 01:48
- Keywords: Indonesia riot soccer riot tear gas
- Location: MALANG, INDONESIA
- City: MALANG, INDONESIA
- Country: Indonesia
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Soccer,Sport,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA001939101102022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS NOTE: CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES IN SHOT 9
Indonesian police said on Sunday (October 2) that 129 people had died and 180 were injured after a stampede following crowd trouble at a soccer match in the province of East Java overnight.
After the match between Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya had ended, supporters from the losing team had invaded the pitch and police had fired tear gas, triggering a stampede and cases of suffocation, East Java police chief Nico Afinta told reporters.
Footage showed people rushing onto the pitch in the stadium in Malang and injured fans being carried from the stadium.
The Indonesian top league BRI Liga 1 has suspended games for a week following the match that Persebaya won 3-2 and an investigation has been launched, the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) said.
There have been previous outbreaks of trouble at matches in Indonesia, with a strong rivalry between clubs sometimes leading to violence between supporters.
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