125 Dead, Dozens Injured As Indonesian Football Fans Stampede
125 Dead, Dozens Injured As Indonesian Football Fans Stampede: Survivors want the authorities to take responsibility for the tragedy. At least 125 people died as a result of the stampede that ensued after police sprayed tear gas at the end of the football match.
Soccer supporters of Arema FC prayed for the victims of Saturday’s stampede at an Indonesian soccer game. The violence left over 100 people dead, most of whom were trampled to death after police fired tear gas to stop the fighting.
The game was supposed to be fun for Doni. But now he will remember Saturday for all the wrong reasons. Doni’s brother-in-law and wife died on that day at a football game in Malang, East Java when their club lost to two goals from their rival.
We brought our son, who is 10 years old, and eight other family members to the game. Doni thinks that the game is for enjoyment and shouldn’t be taken too seriously.
Yulianton’s wife Devi and their child Mochammad were with his other relatives on the trip. The children, who are their only child Mochammad Alfiansyah, 11 and three others in the group of 10 in total, were still on the pitch when the match has ended.
Fans will usually greet their soccer players, whether they have won or lost. But this time, the fans rushed the pitch. Security tried to push them back but they became even more aggressive and it became harder to push them back. They were only 5 meters away from leaving, but decided not to after people started pushing.
There was a panic break out when the crowd noticed firing and gunshots, leading to people storming towards the stadium’s exit doors. The security personel fired tear gas in the air causing many to react with fear.
DONI: After police and security forces managed to control the fight, people rushed to leave the stadium. The situation soon became extremely heated as people were pushing each other at the exits. This only resulted in even more fights breaking out. Some of the doors were locked.
Doni, who couldn’t find his family, was reunited with his son after the stampede. After getting to safety outside the stadium, he found out that Alfiansyah, an 11-year-old boy, was also at the stadium by himself.
Doni noticed others carrying a woman, who he believed had the same trousers as Devi. It turned out to be her, but she was bruised. Shortly after, he saw people carry his brother-in-law.
In the midst of chaos, people shouted for Doni to come with them to a medical room. When he entered, there were about 50 bodies dotting the floor.
Doni said that he left the room immediately when he saw his daughter Devi’s dead body and Uncle Yulianton. He was told by other relatives that both of them were dead.
The victim of the stampede, Doni, believes that the security personnel wrongly fired tear gas at his seating area and other areas in his gallery but not in the ones in VIP.
But as the game went on, people started trampling each other and making a run for it. The stadium was overcrowded too and there’s alcohol that made the situation worse.
On Monday, the government announced that it is forming an independent team to look into the causes of Saturday’s event and come up with recommendations on how to avoid recurrence of similar incidents.
The survivors of this stampede are demanding that the authorities be held accountable and they want justice. Ever since Jan 4th, 1994 in the Kuto-Dogo market of Accra, Ghana – where 123 people died in a similar stampede at a funeral – many improvements have been implemented to avoid such tragedies.
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