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Trisnadi and Niniek Karmini

Indonesian court jails two over stadium stampede tragedy

The Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, where 135 people died in October. Photo: EPA

A soccer club organiser and its chief of security have been jailed by an Indonesian court on charges of negligence leading to the deaths of 135 people when police fired tear gas inside a stadium in October, setting off a panicked run for the exits.

The disaster in Kanjuruhan Stadium in East Java’s Malang city was among the world’s worst sporting tragedies.

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