Indonesia Football Match Violence: A stampede broke out at the Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang Regency, Indonesia. In this 127 people died. 180 people are seriously injured. Apart from this, 160 people are being treated in the hospital. A match was being played between two teams in a stadium in Indonesia. After one team lost the match, widespread violence broke out. The news agency AFP has given this information quoting the police. Angry fans stormed a football field after a match in East Java, killing several spectators. Two policemen were also among the dead. AFP news agency quoted East Java Police Chief Nico Afinta as saying 34 people died at the stadium and others died in hospital.
New Delhi: More than 100 people were killed tonight in riots during a football match in Indonesia.pic.twitter.com/hGZEwQyHmL
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Persebaya Surabaya defeated Arema FC of Indonesia to win the football match 3-2. After this the fans of Arema FC got upset and started creating ruckus. Thousands of Arema FC fans entered the ground directly from the stadium and started violence there. Immediately the local police were called. In addition, members of the Indonesian National Armed Forces entered the field and protected players from the rival Persbay Surabaya team.
Meanwhile, angry fans of Arema FC attacked the players. Many videos related to this incident are going viral on social media. In which the police is seen trying to control the violence. It is seen in the viral video that the police is lathi-charging the angry mob and trying to control the situation. Simultaneously, the police are seen firing tear gas shells to disperse the crowd.
In a video going viral, spectators can see a large number of people entering the ground and throwing footballs here and there. At the same time, the police can be seen running on the ground to mediate. Also it can be seen that they are trying to disperse the crowd by lathi-charge. During this, some people are seen hanging on the rope and some are seen running towards the seats.
