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Al Jazeera
Sport
Aisyah Llewellyn

Anger and despair as Indonesian families mark year since football disaster

Some mourners set the stadium on fire as they gathered to mark a year since the disaster [Juni Kriswanto/ AFP]

The Indonesian families of those who died in the Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster in Malang a year ago have marked the anniversary of the tragedy along with hundreds of fans and survivors at a candlelit vigil at the stadium amid renewed calls for justice.

About 300 people travelled by convoy from the centre of Malang to Kanjuruhan Stadium, with some venturing inside for the first time since last year’s disaster when 135 people were killed, including children as young as three years old.

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