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Anger and despair as Indonesian families mark year since football disaster

Some 135 people died after police fired tear gas into the stands of the Kanjuruhan Stadium.

Al Jazeera · Oct 2, 2023

Soccer-Without spectators, Indonesia holds rematch between clubs involved in deadly stampede

The rematch of an Indonesian soccer game that ended in one of the world's worst stadium stampedes last year was played on Tuesday with no spectators present.

Reuters · Apr 11, 2023

Indonesia jails organizer, security chief in soccer tragedy

An Indonesian court has jailed a soccer club organizer and its chief of security on charges of negligence leading to the deaths of 135 people when police fired tear gas in a stadium, setting off a panicked run for the exits

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023

Indonesia police say stadium exit gates too small for escape in deadly soccer stampede

Police say the gates at the soccer stadium can only accommodate two people at a time, as hundreds were trying to escape.

ABC News · Oct 4, 2022

Witnesses recount chaos, blame police in Indonesia stadium deaths

Witnesses at Kanjuruhan stadium told of clashes between fans and police, deaths of spectators, and how they survived.

Al Jazeera · Oct 4, 2022

Tear gas, locked gates led to Indonesian soccer stampede, spectators say

It was the closing stages of the match, a soccer derby in Indonesia's East Java province, and 29-year-old spectator Ahmad Nizar Habibi said he had a gut feeling things were about to turn ugly.

Reuters · Oct 4, 2022

Family of Indonesian soccer stampede victim recall proud fan

For more than three decades, Iwan Junaedi was a devoted fan of the Indonesian soccer side Arema FC, barely missing a game at the club in the country's top-flight league.

Reuters · Oct 4, 2022

Explainer-Indonesia football stadium tragedy: what happened, death toll, and reaction

At least 125 people died over the weekend in Indonesia when a soccer match between two teams that were fierce rivals ended in a stampede, marking one of the world's worst stadium disasters in recent decades.

Reuters · Oct 3, 2022

Indonesia presses for answers after deadly soccer stampede

Dozens of Indonesian police were placed under investigation on Monday over a stampede at a soccer match that killed 125 people, as authorities sought to determine what caused one of the world's deadliest stadium disasters and who was to blame.

Reuters · Oct 3, 2022

‘I felt terrified’: fans tell how Indonesian stadium disaster unfolded

Witnesses describe how police use of teargas led to brutal crushes that killed 125 football fans in East Java

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022