The second deadliest event in football history.. 174 dead and dozens injured in riots after the Indonesia match
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| More than 3 thousand fans took the stadium after the end of the game. |
Described in Indonesian media as the second deadliest incident in football stadium history since the last century, a sudden development, during the hours of Sunday night and into the early morning, the toll of victims of riots and the scrambling of a stadium in Malang province east of the Indonesian island of Java rose to 174 dead and 180 injured.
This tragedy is a precedent that Indonesia's stadiums have never seen before, despite repeated incidents of rioting, and a small number of casualties have occasionally fallen.
The violence occurred following the loss of the team of the host city of Malang from the East Java Province capital of Surabaya 2-3, i.e., the two cities from the same territory east of Java Island.
After that loss, according to eyewitnesses and local police sources, more than 3 thousand fans took to the stadium, out of more than 40 thousand on the field, and the police were quick to rescue the team's players. Some security and police officers were killed and wounded, and some 10 security vehicles were damaged.
In a statement, President Joko Widodo ordered the Football Association to temporarily suspend the top flight until an assessment and improvement were made. This tragedy is one of the worst in sports stadiums worldwide.
Widodo said, "I would like to express condolences on the death of 174 of our citizens in the football tragedy in Kanguruhan.. I regret the tragedy and hope it will be the last "and ordered an investigation.
Previous Events
Indonesian sports journalists have recovered bloody incidents in the history of football globally and not only locally to confirm that this incident has seen the highest number of deaths in 58 years, specifically since what occurred during the qualifiers of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, where the Peruvian team Hooligans stormed the stadium in a meeting with Argentina. This prompted security to close the doors and release the painted gas, causing at least 327 deaths due to the scramble.
The websites were abuzz with comments and discussions of what had happened, and tweeters questioned the rationale and reasons for using the packed gas inside the stadium, referring to FIFA's prohibited rules, within a number of safety and security measures in the stadium and stands, and preventing spectators from breaking into it.
However, police said they had to resort to the use of tan gas due to Arima FC fans rushing towards the stadium and seeking to pour their anger and disappointment at players, coaches, and everyone on the team on the field.
One of Malang's local police spokespersons said fans who took the stadium began expressing anger and attacking security operatives who fired tear gas, causing a stampede and asphyxiation among thousands of fans, 34 of whom died on the pitch immediately before the number of casualties rose to 174 and 180 injured.
Many of them expressed outrage at the organization of a sport leading to the killing of young people. They even called on some citizens to stop matches until security, safety, and organizing procedures were reviewed.
Commenting on the incident, Mahfouz Mohamed, Coordinating Minister for Security, Political and Legal Affairs, said that what happened was not confrontations between the two teams' fans, pointing out the near absence of fans of the winning team and that most deaths were caused by scrambles, crowding and casualties falling under the feet of thousands of fans, especially with the release of tear gas.
This is according to numerous explanations reported by local media, by Malang provincial hospitals, where the deaths were not the result of confrontations or beatings between fans of the Arima and Surabaya teams.
Treatment of wounded
Malang Governor Mohamed Snossi, who hosted the match, said that his local government would bear the costs of treating the wounded in a number of hospitals, calling on hospital departments, doctors, and nursing teams to care for the wounded fully and to complete their treatment and not to consider the costs of treatment.
The incident was reported to have occurred at the Kangorohan Stadium, located in the municipality of Kibanjin, Malang Province, East Java Province, with a capacity of 45 thousand and was launched in 1997 and inaugurated by former President Megawati Sukarno Butri in 2004. In 2010, it was maintained and updated to match the conditions for hosting matches between regional clubs.
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