The death toll in violence after a football match in Indonesia has crossed 174. While hundreds of people are said to be injured. The Football Association of Indonesia has expressed grief over this horrific violence. Also, the match for the next one week has been banned. An inquiry has also been ordered into this incident. Come, let’s know how one of the matches took a formidable form of violence and hundreds of dead bodies were laid in the field.
The incident happened after a football match of Indonesian league BRI Liga 1 at Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang Regency, East Java on Saturday night. The area’s police chief, Nico Afinta, said that the pitch was attacked by supporters of the losing side after the match between Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya. After which the officers had to release tear gas, which led to a stampede.
The police team had to use tear gas shells to pacify the miscreants. After which there was a stampede in the field. It is being told that many people have also died due to suffocation. A video of this incident has also surfaced on social media.
In video footage posted on social media, people can be seen running on the stadium pitch in Malang. The death toll in this violence has crossed 174. Whereas, many people got injured.
The Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) issued a statement expressing regret over the incident and said a team has left for Malang to begin an investigation into what happened after the game. PSSI said in the statement, “PSSI regrets the actions of Arema supporters at Kanjuruhan Stadium. We are sorry and apologize to the families of the victims and all parties involved in the incident. For this PSSI immediately formed an investigation team and immediately left for Malang.