Indonesia: At least 125 dead in football stadium crush
- Andrew
- Oct 2, 2022
- 1 min read
Hundreds were also hurt in aftermath of home team Arema FC's loss to bitter rivals at the overcrowded stadium late on Saturday in Malang, East Java. The crush took place after police tear-gassed fans who invaded the pitch. As panic spread, thousands surged towards Kanjuruhan stadium's exits, where many suffocated. Indonesian officials at one stage put the death toll in the disaster as high at 174 people, but this was later revised downwards. President Joko Widodo has ordered that all matches in Indonesia's top league must be stopped until an investigation has been carried out.




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