Indonesia police say gates in the soccer stadium stampede were too small for escape Enlarge this image toggle caption Achmad Ibrahim/AP Achmad Ibrahim/AP MALANG, Indonesia — The gates at the Indonesian soccer stadium where police fired tear gas that set off a deadly crush were too small and could only accommodate two at a time when hundreds were trying to …
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 …
