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Reuters
Reuters
Sport
By Yuddy Cahya Budiman

Soccer-Without spectators, Indonesia holds rematch between clubs involved in deadly stampede

Indonesia Soccer Persebaya Police Arema FC ANTARA FOTO Arema Muhammad Iqbal Fifa Jakarta
A general view of a soccer match between Persebaya and Arema FC that held with no spectators present, at a stadium which is located near the headquarters of Indonesian national police force and is surrounded by the police academy, in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 11, 2023. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

The rematch of an Indonesian soccer game that ended in one of the world's worst stadium stampedes last year was played on Tuesday with no spectators present.

Fierce rivals Persebaya and Arema FC last met in October 2022 when the match ended in a crush in which 135 people were killed. Many died as they fled for the exits after police fired tear gas into the crowd - a control measure banned by world soccer's governing body FIFA.

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