Two freed, one police officer jailed over Indonesia stadium crush
1 year, 9 months ago

Two freed, one police officer jailed over Indonesia stadium crush

Al Jazeera  

Verdicts likely to add to anguish of the victims’ families who had already questioned the fairness of court proceedings. Two of three police officers charged over a deadly crowd crush that left 135 people dead in Indonesia have been freed, with just one jailed on charges of negligence leading to the loss of life in decisions likely to be a further disappointment to the families of the victims. Two match officials were jailed last week over the October 2022 crush, which came at the end of a hard-fought match between bitter rivals Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya in Malang, East Java. In the wake of the tragedy, the head of the Indonesian National Police, Listyo Sigit Prabowo sacked the Malang Chief of Police, Ferli Hidayat, and relieved nine Brimob officers of their duties. Video shared on social media last month appeared to show Indonesian police officers attempting to disrupt that trial, jeering and heckling as prosecutors arrived at court on February 14.

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Anger and despair as Indonesian families mark year since football disaster
1 year, 2 months ago

Anger and despair as Indonesian families mark year since football disaster

Al Jazeera  

Some 135 people died after police fired tear gas into the stands of the Kanjuruhan Stadium. “We were all just imagining how our children died in there, screaming for help because their lungs were burning.” The tragedy occurred when Indonesian police fired tear gas into the stands and onto the pitch after a game between local rivals Arema FC and …

One year after deadly fan crush at Indonesia football stadium, families still seek justice
1 year, 2 months ago

One year after deadly fan crush at Indonesia football stadium, families still seek justice

The Hindu  

A year has passed slowly for Devi Athok, an Indonesian man whose two teenage daughters died in a crush of fans at a football stadium in East Java in October 2022 after police fired tear gas, setting off a panicked run for the exits that left 135 people dead. Chaos broke out after Persebaya Surabaya defeated Arema Malang 3-2 in …

‘They deserve justice’: Inside the struggle to reform Indonesian football
1 year, 2 months ago

‘They deserve justice’: Inside the struggle to reform Indonesian football

Al Jazeera  

After the disaster, Indonesia’s top three leagues were suspended and President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo ordered a safety review of stadiums around the country. “FIFA is here for the Indonesian people, FIFA will stay and work here to transform Indonesian football.” Infantino and the Football Association of Indonesia were widely criticised following the visit, when photos of FIFA’s president laughing and …

Disappointment in Indonesia after football disaster appeal ruling
1 year, 3 months ago

Disappointment in Indonesia after football disaster appeal ruling

Al Jazeera  

Indonesia’s top court overturned two police officers’ acquittal over Kanjuruhan stadium crush, but jailed them for only two and 2.5 years. The families of some of the 135 people who died in Indonesia’s Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster say they are still looking for justice after an appeals court overturned a ruling that freed two police officers charged over the tragedy and …

Indonesia court jails policeman over deadly football stampede
1 year, 9 months ago

Indonesia court jails policeman over deadly football stampede

The Hindu  

An Indonesian court on Thursday acquitted two police officials charged with negligence leading to the deaths of 135 people in October when police fired tear gas inside a soccer stadium, setting off a panicked run for the exits. Presiding judge Abu Achmad Sidqi Amsya said the court found that Pranoto, the Malang police head of operations, never ordered the use …

Indonesian Court Jails Policeman Over Kanjuruhan Stadium Stampede, Two Other Officers Cleared
1 year, 9 months ago

Indonesian Court Jails Policeman Over Kanjuruhan Stadium Stampede, Two Other Officers Cleared

News 18  

An Indonesian court on Thursday jailed a policeman but cleared two other officers of negligence over crowd control measures at a local football match that led to one of the world’s deadliest stadium stampedes. Authorities had earlier said Hasdarmawan had ordered police to fire tear gas, which football’s world governing body FIFA has banned as a crowd control measure. An …

Indonesia football stadium tragedy: Police officer jailed for 18 months over stampede
1 year, 9 months ago

Indonesia football stadium tragedy: Police officer jailed for 18 months over stampede

Firstpost  

Last year’s crush in the city of Malang killed 135 people – including more than 40 children – after a 3-2 defeat for Arema FC by their fierce East Javan rivals Persebaya Surabaya Surabaya, Indonesia: An Indonesian court jailed a police officer for 18 months on Thursday over negligence contributing to one of the worst stadium disasters in the history …

Indonesian football officials jailed over deadly stadium crush
1 year, 9 months ago

Indonesian football officials jailed over deadly stadium crush

Al Jazeera  

Two football officials have been jailed after being found guilty of negligence in the case of 135 spectators killed in the 2022 stadium crush. A court in Indonesia has sentenced two match officials to jail after finding them guilty of negligence over a crush in a football stadium that left 135 people dead, in one of the world’s worst sporting …

Indonesia Police Use Tear Gas to Keep Fans Out of Closed-doors Match Between PSIS Semarang and Persis Solo
1 year, 10 months ago

Indonesia Police Use Tear Gas to Keep Fans Out of Closed-doors Match Between PSIS Semarang and Persis Solo

News 18  

Indonesian police used water cannons and tear gas to disperse hundreds of football fans who tried to attend a closed-doors match on Friday, officials said, four months after the country suffered one of the world’s deadliest stadium stampedes. Tickets were sold out for the derby match between PSIS Semarang and Persis Solo but police decided on Thursday to bar spectators …

Indonesia stadium crush trial hit by claims of intimidation
1 year, 10 months ago

Indonesia stadium crush trial hit by claims of intimidation

Al Jazeera  

Police were filmed heckling prosecutors at trial of five people, including three police officers, over disaster that killed 135 people. Medan, Indonesia – Members of Indonesia’s Mobile Brigade Corps known as Brimob – a special operations and paramilitary branch of the National Police – have tried to disrupt the trial of five people, including three police officers, over last year’s …

Police officers on trial over Indonesia stadium stampede
1 year, 11 months ago

Police officers on trial over Indonesia stadium stampede

Al Jazeera  

Some 135 people died in the disaster at a football match last October prompting questions over safety standards and the use of tear gas. Three police officers and two match officials have gone on trial in Indonesia, charged with negligence over their alleged roles last year in the deaths of 135 people at a football match in East Java. The …

Indonesia Stadium Disaster Trial Begins as Five Tried for Negligence
1 year, 11 months ago

Indonesia Stadium Disaster Trial Begins as Five Tried for Negligence

News 18  

Five Indonesian men charged with negligence leading to one of the worst stadium disasters in football history appeared in court by video link on Monday as their trial began. The stampede in October in the East Java city of Malang — which killed 135 people, including more than 40 children — came after police fired tear gas into packed stands …

Indonesia soccer disaster trial begins for five charged
1 year, 11 months ago

Indonesia soccer disaster trial begins for five charged

The Hindu  

An Indonesian court began trial on January 16 against five men on charges of negligence leading to the deaths of 135 people after police fired tear gas inside a soccer stadium, setting off a panicked run for the exits in which many were crushed. Police officers fired tear gas when fans flooded the pitch after Arema FC was defeated in …

Tear gas fired by Indonesian police triggered last month’s deadly crush at football match, report says
2 years, 1 month ago

Tear gas fired by Indonesian police triggered last month’s deadly crush at football match, report says

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The deadly soccer stampede in …

Police tear gas main cause of Indonesia football tragedy: Report
2 years, 1 month ago

Police tear gas main cause of Indonesia football tragedy: Report

Al Jazeera  

Most of the 135 victims caught up in panic and chaos in the stadium died of asphyxiation, Indonesian rights commission finds. The excessive and indiscriminate use of tear gas by police was the main cause of a deadly crush at a football stadium in East Java last month that left 135 people dead, Indonesia’s human rights commission has found. The …

Deadly Indonesia football stampede caused by tear gas: Minister
2 years, 2 months ago

Deadly Indonesia football stampede caused by tear gas: Minister

Al Jazeera  

More than 130 people were killed as they rushed to exit a stadium in East Java in one of the world’s worst sports disasters. A football stampede in Indonesia that killed more than 130 people was caused by tear gas, the country’s security minister has said. A team of government officials, and football and security experts had launched an investigation …

Did police cause Indonesia’s football stadium disaster?
2 years, 2 months ago

Did police cause Indonesia’s football stadium disaster?

Al Jazeera  

An Indonesian football match led to the deaths of more than a hundred people after police fired tear gas. Jessica Washington: And I did see some online commentary of people saying things like, oh, but you know, these football fans, if they hadn’t caused trouble in the first place, none of this would’ve happened. Andreas Harsono: This is the largest …

Indonesian police to charge 6 people in soccer disaster
2 years, 2 months ago

Indonesian police to charge 6 people in soccer disaster

Associated Press  

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian police said Thursday they are bringing criminal charges against three officers and three civilians for their roles in the deaths of 131 people when police fired tear gas inside a soccer stadium, setting off a panicked run for the exits in which many were crushed. National Police chief Listyo Sigit Prabowo said the suspects include the …

Indonesia police chief, others removed over soccer disaster
2 years, 2 months ago

Indonesia police chief, others removed over soccer disaster

Associated Press  

MALANG, Indonesia — An Indonesian police chief and nine elite officers were removed from their posts Monday and 18 others were being investigated for responsibility in the firing of tear gas inside a soccer stadium that set off a stampede, killing at least 125 people, officials said. National Police spokesperson Dedy Prasetyo said Malang police chief Ferli Hidayat had been …

Witnesses recount chaos, blame police in Indonesia stadium deaths
2 years, 2 months ago

Witnesses recount chaos, blame police in Indonesia stadium deaths

Al Jazeera  

Witnesses at Kanjuruhan stadium told of clashes between fans and police, deaths of spectators, and how they survived. But then police closed it again and kept shooting tear gas and attacking people from the inside and out.” ‘I have no idea what happened to them’ Tension had started to mount 15 minutes before the final whistle as it became clear …

Love and loss: On the Indonesia football match stampede
2 years, 2 months ago

Love and loss: On the Indonesia football match stampede

The Hindu  

As tragic as the stampede in the Kanjuruhan Stadium, in East Java, Indonesia, that killed at least 125 people after a football game on Saturday night, was, the most telling comment on the incident was made by an injured survivor, who rightfully blamed the police for “dehumanising” the spectators. FIFA, football’s governing body, has come up with a clear guideline …

Indonesia orders stadium disaster ‘perpetrators’ punished
2 years, 2 months ago

Indonesia orders stadium disaster ‘perpetrators’ punished

The Hindu  

Indonesia’s government called on the country’s police on October 3, 2022 to identify and punish whoever was responsible for a stadium stampede that left 125 people dead, as anger mounted over one of the deadliest disasters in the history of football. “We ask the national police to find the perpetrators who have committed crimes in the next few days,” Indonesia’s …

Indonesia forms independent team to probe football stadium disaster
2 years, 2 months ago

Indonesia forms independent team to probe football stadium disaster

The Hindu  

Indonesia will establish an independent fact-finding team to investigate a deadly football stampede in a stadium in East Java and help find the perpetrators behind the disaster, chief security minister Mahfud MD told a news conference on Monday. At least 174 people died in a stampede at an Indonesian football match in one of the world's worst stadium disasters. "Together …

Indonesia announces investigation into Malang football disaster
2 years, 2 months ago

Indonesia announces investigation into Malang football disaster

Al Jazeera  

Some 125 people were killed and hundreds more wounded after fans ran onto the pitch and police used tear gas to disperse them. “Based on the investigation carried out… tonight the national police chief has made a decision to relieve Malang police chief Ferli Hidayat from his duty and replace him,” Dedi Prasetyo told a televised press conference. Reihan Zailani, …

EXPLAINER: What’s behind Indonesia’s deadly soccer match?
2 years, 2 months ago

EXPLAINER: What’s behind Indonesia’s deadly soccer match?

Associated Press  

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Violence, tear gas and a deadly crush that erupted following a domestic league soccer match Saturday night marked another tragedy in Indonesian football. Police said there were some 42,000 spectators in the stadium, all of whom were Arema’s supporters because the organizer had banned Persebaya fans in an effort to avoid brawls. Fans threw bottles and other …

Indonesia football riot: More than 174 people killed after stampede at match
2 years, 2 months ago

Indonesia football riot: More than 174 people killed after stampede at match

The Hindu  

At least 174 people died at an Indonesian football stadium when thousands of angry home fans invaded the pitch and police responded with tear gas that triggered a stampede, authorities said on Sunday. At least 174 people died, East Java deputy governor Emil Dardak told broadcaster Kompas TV on Sunday afternoon, raising the toll from 129. this is a regrettable …

At least 129 people killed after riot breaks out at football match in Indonesia
2 years, 2 months ago

At least 129 people killed after riot breaks out at football match in Indonesia

Hindustan Times  

At least 129 people were killed and around 180 injured at a soccer match in Indonesia after a crowd stampede during a riot, police said on Sunday, in what appears to be one of the world's worst stadium disasters. Football fans carry an injured man following clashes during a match at Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java, Indonesia After the …

125 Dead After Fans Stampede To Exit At Indonesian Soccer Match
2 years, 2 months ago

125 Dead After Fans Stampede To Exit At Indonesian Soccer Match

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING MALANG, Indonesia — Police firing tear gas after an Indonesian soccer match in an attempt to stop violence triggered a disastrous crush of fans making a panicked, chaotic run for the exits, leaving at least 125 people dead, most of them trampled upon or suffocated. At the Vatican, Pope Francis said he was praying for “all those …

Hundreds killed, hurt in stampede at Indonesia football match
2 years, 2 months ago

Hundreds killed, hurt in stampede at Indonesia football match

Al Jazeera  

Police fire tear gas after fans invade pitch in East Java, triggering a stampede that killed at least 125 people and injured 100 more. At least 125 people have been killed and dozens more injured in one of the world’s deadliest stadium disasters after a riot and stampede at an Indonesian football match ⤵️ 🔗: https://t.co/9DMF17kfiC pic.twitter.com/XVql2HztXY — Al Jazeera …

Photos: Deadly stampede at Indonesian football match
2 years, 2 months ago

Photos: Deadly stampede at Indonesian football match

Al Jazeera  

At least 125 people have been killed in a stampede at a football stadium in Indonesia’s eastern city of Malang, one of the deadliest sports disasters in the world. Riot police responded by firing tear gas, including towards the stadium’s stands, causing panic among the crowd. “We have already done a preventive action before finally firing the tear gas as …

At least 125 people killed, 300 injured after stampede at Indonesia football match
2 years, 2 months ago

At least 125 people killed, 300 injured after stampede at Indonesia football match

ABC  

At least 125 people have been killed and over 300 injured following a soccer match in Indonesia as panicked fans were trampled and crushed trying to flee a riot in what appears to be one of the world's worst stadium disasters. Key points: Some people suffocated in the chaos at the football stadium and others were trampled trying to escape …

Timeline: How did Indonesia’s deadly football stampede unfold?
2 years, 2 months ago

Timeline: How did Indonesia’s deadly football stampede unfold?

Al Jazeera  

Chaos broke out after a local match in East Java province, triggering police to fire tear gas, resulting in the stampede. Violence, chaos and a deadly stampede that erupted following a domestic league football match on Saturday night marked one of the worst sporting disasters in history. Chaos broke out after Persebaya Surabaya defeated rival Arema Malang in Saturday night’s …

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