The information and pictures that come up are shocking Since the tragedy that occurred on Saturday night in a stadium in IndonesiaDuring the accidents that occurred inside the stadium after the end of the football match.
The number of people who lost their lives during the accidents is constantly increasing, with the police now talking about at least 174 dead, including two policemen, and 180 injured.
It all started when fans of the two teams, home team Arima FC and Persibaya Surabaya, clashed after the former’s defeat, and stormed the pitch, with the police using tear gas on a large scale and mass chaos ensuing.
The local police chief in East Java, during a press conference, said the fans of the home team The team stormed the stadium, where the police used tear gas causing riots that led to cases of suffocation.
“It became chaos. They started attacking policemen and damaging cars,” he said, adding that two policemen were among the dead. “About 3,000 entered the field,” he added.
The police chief noted that the fleeing fans “came out at some point at the exit. Then there was a build-up, during the build-up there was a lack of oxygen” as panic prevailed.
Videos on social media show fans climbing fences to escape. Separately, lifeless corpses appear in the stadium.
The country’s security chief said the number of spectators exceeded the stadium’s capacity by 4,000 spectators. It is worth noting that Kanjuruhan Stadium is mainly used for football matches and is estimated to host up to 42,500 people.
The Indonesian league announced the suspension of the league for a week. The president of the federation, Ahmed Hadian Lukita, issued a statement confirming that an investigation will be conducted in order to determine the responsibility for this tragic accident.
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