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

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.

Reuters · Apr 11, 2023

Two Indonesian Match Officials Jailed over Deadly Football Stampede

An Indonesian court handed prison sentences to two football match officials on Thursday after finding them guilty of negligence over one of the world's deadliest stadium stampedes. The October 2022 derby match in Malang, East Java, between Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya ended in chaos with 135 spectators killed, many…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 10, 2023

Finding their bodies: Indonesian fan's desperate search for family after soccer stampede

Andi Hariyanto says he will never watch a football match again after his wife, two teenage daughters and a cousin were crushed to death in a stampede at an Indonesian stadium last week.

Reuters · Oct 5, 2022

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Tear gas, locked gates led to Indonesian soccer stampede, spectators say

It was the closing stages of the match, a soccer derby in Indonesia's East Java province, and 29-year-old spectator Ahmad Nizar Habibi said he had a gut feeling things were about to turn ugly.

Reuters · Oct 4, 2022

Internal watchdog faults police use of tear gas in deadly Indonesia soccer riot

Indonesian police wrongly used tear gas inside a soccer stadium to disperse rioting fans, an internal oversight official said on Tuesday, while the country's soccer federation banned two club officials over the chaos that killed at least 125 people.

Reuters · Oct 4, 2022

Indonesia stadium crush: Fans ‘died in the arms of players’ as child death toll rises to 32

Football fans died in the arms of players on the pitch during the Arema FC stadium disaster in Indonesia, the team’s coach has said.

Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2022

Indonesian recalls stinging tear gas in deadly soccer melee

Dicky Kurniawan felt the sharp sting in his eyes as Indonesian police fired tear gas into the football stadium

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2022

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Jaishankar condoles families of victims killed during Indonesia football stampede

At least 125 people died in the stampede after violence broke out at a stadium in East Java

The Hindu · Oct 3, 2022

Indonesia presses for answers after deadly soccer stampede

Dozens of Indonesian police were placed under investigation on Monday over a stampede at a soccer match that killed 125 people, as authorities sought to determine what caused one of the world's deadliest stadium disasters and who was to blame.

Reuters · Oct 3, 2022

‘I felt terrified’: fans tell how Indonesian stadium disaster unfolded

Witnesses describe how police use of teargas led to brutal crushes that killed 125 football fans in East Java

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022

Indonesian football tragedy leaves Rangers 'deeply saddened' as 174 dead following stampede

Local reports in the region of Javanese, Malang, have indicated a tragic loss of life following a match between Arema and Persebaya Surabaya, with Rangers sending support.

Glasgow Live · Oct 2, 2022

Explained | What's behind Indonesia's deadly soccer match?

In what appeared to be one of the worst sports disasters, police said at least 174 people died, including children and two police officers. Later on Sunday, East Java Deputy governor Emil Dardak said that the toll had been revised to 125

The Hindu · Oct 2, 2022

FIFA President Gianni Infantino reflects on "dark day" for football after 174 fans killed

Gianni Infantino has released a statement after hundreds of football fans died during a game between Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya in Indonesia on Saturday

Daily Mirror · Oct 2, 2022

Indonesia football stampede: At least 125 fans dead following pitch invasion as sport in 'state of shock'

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has described the tragic event as a 'dark day for football'

Wales Online · Oct 2, 2022

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Daily Record · Oct 2, 2022

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.

Reuters · Oct 2, 2022

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 · Oct 2, 2022

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.

France 24 · Oct 2, 2022

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.

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The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2022

125 dead after crowd crush at Indonesian football match

Police and match organisers under scrutiny after officers fired teargas in response to rioting fans

Daily Mirror · Oct 1, 2022

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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