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Indonesian football riot leaves 174 dead as tragedy strikes after fatal stampede

Local reports from the Javanese region of Malang have indicated a staggering loss of life following a match between Arema and Persebaya Surabaya.

Daily Record

How a deadly crush at an Indonesia soccer match unfolded

A soccer match at a stadium in Indonesia has ended in disaster, with at least 125 people killed and more than 320 injured after police sought to quell violence on the pitch, authorities said on Sunday. Here is how events unfolded:

Reuters

At least 174 people reportedly dead after stampede at Indonesian football match

Fans reportedly ran onto the pitch after the final whistle and police then fired tear gas, leading to the stampede.

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Indonesia: At least 131 dead after riot breaks out at football match

Saturday’s game is already among the world’s worst crowd disasters, including the 1996 World Cup qualifier between Guatemala and Costa Rica in Guatemala City where more than 80 died

Evening Standard

Soccer-Violence, mismanagement plague volatile Indonesian scene

Volatile crowds and violent fan groups have long been a hallmark of Indonesian soccer, left reeling from Saturday's rioting in East Java in which 129 people were killed following Arema FC's defeat by Persebaya Surabaya.

Reuters

At least 127 killed in mass riots during football match in Indonesia

At least 127 people died after riots broke out in a football match in Indonesia on Saturday night. Children and police officers are among the dead. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

174 Dead After Fans Stampede to Exit Indonesian Soccer Match

Panic at an Indonesian soccer match Saturday left 174 dead, most of whom were trampled to death after police fired tear gas to dispel riots, making it one of the deadliest sports events in the world. Riots broke out after the game ended Saturday evening with host Arema FC of…

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Death toll revised to at least 125 in Indonesia football stadium stampede

At least 125 people died at an Indonesian football stadium riot in which thousands of angry home fans invaded the pitch and police responded with tear gas that triggered a stampede, authorities said Sunday, issuing a lower death toll than initially reported by local officials.

France 24

More than 100 fans — many of them trampled — died in clashes after a soccer match

Brawls between supporters of two rival soccer teams in Indonesia were reported. The fights prompted riot police to fire tear gas, which caused panic. Two officers were also killed.

WEKU

A stampede at a soccer match has killed at least 125 people in Indonesia

Brawls between supporters of two rival soccer teams prompted riot police to fire tear gas, which caused panic. The country is due to host the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

WEKU

Indonesia soccer stampede kills 125 after police use tear gas in stadium

(This Oct. 1 story corrects to remove extraneous word in the first paragraph)

Reuters

At least 125 people killed, 300 injured after stampede at Indonesia football match

Panicked supporters are trampled and crushed trying to flee a riot in what appears to be one of the world's worst stadium disasters.

ABC News

Indonesia police say 127 people killed after stampede at football match

(Corrects spelling of 'police' in first paragraph)

Reuters

174 football fans killed in mass riot involving tear gas as league suspended

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Hundreds of football fans have died after a riot broke out at match between Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya in Indonesia on Saturday

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Powerful earthquake kills one person, injures 11 in Indonesia's Sumatra

A strong and shallow earthquake shakes Indonesia's Sumatra island, killing one person and injuring 11 others, while damaging more than a dozen houses and buildings.

The Independent UK

Indonesian police kill militant suspected in farmers' deaths

Indonesian police say they have killed a militant believed to be responsible for the killings of Christian farmers on an Indonesian island

Reuters

One dead after Indonesia earthquake of magnitude 5.8 in northern Sumatra - agency

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck Indonesia's Northern Sumatra province on Saturday, killing one, said the country's meteorology and geophysics agency, BMKG.

Bangkok Post

Senior Indonesian officials targeted by spyware

More than a dozen senior Indonesian government and military officials were targeted last year with spy software designed by an Israeli surveillance firm, according to nine people with knowledge of the matter.

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Indonesian navy denies it requested payments to release ships

The Indonesian navy hasn't requested or received money to release detained vessels or ship captains, a senior naval officer said, responding to a Reuters report quoting captains saying they were held by the navy in an extortion scheme.

Reuters

Four shot dead in Indonesia's restive Papua region-police

Four people were shot and killed by an armed rebel group in Indonesia's restive West Papua province, the latest in a string of attacks on civilians, police said on Friday.

The Conversation

How former political prisoners of Indonesia's 1965 mass killings grapple with memories of their bloody past

What does it mean to have knowledge about a violent historical event that, for the most part, has never made it into national history books?

360info

Police a missing passenger in Indonesia’s reform train

Indonesia’s constitution separated the military from civilian politics after the fall of Suharto in 1998. But the police didn’t get the memo.

360info

Civil society the key to preventing an Indonesian police state

Reforming the Indonesian police needs to be driven from the bottom up by civil society groups.

Reuters

Exclusive-Senior Indonesian officials targeted by spyware last year – sources

Daily Mirror

Couple ditch their jobs to travel the world together after meeting on Tinder

Jenna Carr and Joao Paias had travelled across Portugal and the UK, as well as France and Switzerland before jetting over to Asia and visiting the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Bali together before the birth of their son

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