At least 129 people were killed in a stampede at a football match in the Indonesian province of East Java on Saturday, police said.
October 2022, IndonesiaIndonesian police said 129 people died and 180 were injured after a stampede following crowd trouble at a football match in East Java involving Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya.
Arema FC supporters invaded the pitch at Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang following a 3-2 defeat and police fired tear gas, triggering a stampede and cases of suffocation.At least eight people died and 38 were injured in a stampede at the Yaounde Olembe Stadium in Cameroon before the host country's Africa Cup of Nations last-16 game against Comoros.Fans rioted at the end of a match between rivals Al-Masry and Al-Ahly in the city of Port Said.
Last year, the French parliament passed a law banning professional matches taking place in the country on May 5 in memory of the victims.Forty-two people died in a stampede during a pre-season game at the Oppenheimer Stadium in the mining town of Orkney between the Kaizer Chiefs and the Orlando Pirates. A Pirates fan had attacked Chiefs supporters in the crowd with a knife.
One victim died last June, 32 years after suffering severe and irreversible brain damage at Hillsborough.A stampede towards locked exits in a hailstorm at Nepal's national soccer stadium in Kathmandu killed more than 90 fans.Thirty-nine fans died and more than 600 were injured in fan violence before the European Cup final between Juventus and Liverpool at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels.
Officials from the former Soviet Union did not disclose the tragedy for years. When they did, they gave an official death toll of 66 although the number who died in a crush at one exit could have been as high as 340.Compiled by Hritika Sharma in Bengaluru and Michael Church in Hong Kong; Editing by Nick Macfie and Kim Coghill
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