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March 9, 2023

Indonesian football officials jailed over stampede which killed 135

The teargas fired by police triggered panic among thousands of spectators who tried to flee through narrow exits.

Indonesian stadium stampede (Credit: CNN)
October 18, 2022

Indonesia to host FIFA U-23 World Cup after 133 died in stadium stampede

Indonesia will still host the 2023 under-20 World Cup despite a stadium stampede earlier this month, says an official of the world football governing body, FIFA.

INDONESIA STADIUM STAMPEDE
October 4, 2022

Stampede: Watchdog faults police’s tear-gassing Indonesia football fans

Choirul Anam on Indonesia’s human rights body, Komnas HAM, said if tear gas had not been fired “maybe there wouldn’t have been chaos.”