at least 174 dead following a crowd movement in a stadium

The final whistle of a football match, Saturday, October 2, marked the beginning of chaos in Indonesia. In the evening, in Malang, the supporters invaded the field. Some players were attacked and escorted to the locker room. The situation has degenerated. To the throwing of projectiles, the police responded in particular with tear gas. The situation then spiraled out of control. “After the tear gas was fired, they all ran in the same direction, exiting through gates 10 and 12, causing a massive traffic jam. Several of them lost their lives due to lack of oxygen“, reports Nico Afnita, police chief of East Java (Indonesia).

Some supporters, asphyxiated or trampled by the movement of the crowd, were evacuated urgently. The human toll amounts to at least 174 people, including two police officers. On the morning of Sunday October 2, the injured are still numerous in the hospital of Kanjuruhan (Indonesia). “Of the 93 patients we have seen, four have severe head injuries. They are in intensive care“, says Dr. Bobby Prabowo, director of the hospital. The 42,000-seat stadium was full. In the morning, the riots that followed left their mark. It is one of the worst disasters in the world. soccer history.