Yunus Nosi, General Secretary of the Indonesian Football Association, said: FIFA He requested a report on the accident that occurred in Malang, Java, and a team of the Federation was sent to the accident site to investigate.
Indonesia’s president, Joko Widodo, on Sunday ordered the Premier League to suspend matches until an investigation was completed into the deaths of at least 174 fans during a stampede and rioting at a stadium in East Java province.
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VIOLENCE AND RIOTS at a football stadium in Indonesia.
According to reports, there are 129 dead. pic.twitter.com/P3ssg6SxQw
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President Widodo called on the authorities to re-evaluate the insurance of football matches, and that this be the last football-related disaster at home.
At least 174 people died and 180 were also injured during a stampede of fans during a riot at a match in Malang, in one of the worst football stadium disasters.
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The league announced, earlier, that the competition was suspended for a week after the disaster at Kanjuruhan Stadium, while the Indonesian Football Association said it would launch an investigation into the events..
After the match, which Persibaya Surabaya won 3-2 against Arima, fans of the losing team stormed the pitch and authorities fired tear gas canisters, causing a stampede and suffocation cases, East Java provincial police chief Nico Aventa told reporters. WATCH: Rioting, police violence and tear gas at Indonesian football stadium. At least 129 people killed pic.twitter.com/M2bx0sdN6v
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While Niko said: “Things turned into chaos, fans started attacking officers and damaging cars, and that the stampede occurred as fans fled to the exit gate..
Video footage published by local media also showed a stream of fans inside the stadium, clashes and tear gas canisters, along with pictures of unconscious people being carried by other fans..
FIFA specifies in its Safety Rules that no weapons or gas should be used for crowd control by security personnel or police..
Indonesian Security Minister Muhammad Mahfouz said on Instagram that the stadium’s stands had been filled with more than its capacity, indicating that 42,000 tickets had been put up for sale, even though the stadium had a capacity of only 38,000 people..
Riots and violence took place in previous matches in the Asian country, in light of the strong competition between some clubs.
Indonesia’s Sports Minister Zainuddin Amali told Kompas TV that they are considering banning fans from attending matches after this tragedy.
Indonesia will host the U-20 World Cup in May and June next year, and is one of three countries to bid to host the Asian Cup next year after China withdrew..