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The football he appears dressed in mourning Indonesia for the tragedy that occurred after a local match in League 1, the main division of the Asian country, between Persebaya Surabaya and Arema FC: Incidents were unleashed which ended, according to the report of the local police, with at least 174 dead and 180 injured.

Persebaya Surabaya won 3-2 at the Arema FC stadium in a match between two teams occupying the middle zone of the scoreboard. At the end of this meeting of two groups from the province of East Java, in one of the most populous countries in the world (Indonesia has a population of more than 250 million inhabitants), Local fans stormed the pitch and police tried to stop them with tear gas in the Kanjuruhan Stadium, with a capacity of over 30,000 spectators. These gases were also used in the stands.

A video taken by the BNO News Twitter account shows this situation, with gases scattered in a grandstand and people trying to escape over a barbed wire fence.

According to reports, the situation created with the gases caused panic, the gas did not disperse and many faintedas they were also trapped when they wanted to get out or fell to the ground when they tried to climb up to escape.

League 1 was suspended for at least a week and the Indonesian Football Association, ranked 155th in the FIFA men’s football rankings, announced that Arema FC will not play matches at their home ground again the rest of the season.

“The Federation (PSSI) regrets the actions of Arema fans at the Kanjuruhan Stadium. We regret what happened and apologize to the families of the victims and everyone involved in the incident. We formed an investigation team that immediately went to the city.” .says a statement from Mochamad Iriawan, the president of the Indonesian Federation, who was formerly a retired police officer.

“The big family of Persebaya express their deepest condolences for the loss of life after the Arema FC vs Persebaya match. No life is worth more than football. We pray for the victims and hope their families find strength.” says a tweet posted by Persebaya Surabaya’s official account. Arema FC have not yet expressed themselves officially about what happened.

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While what happened in Indonesia is still being investigated, it is clear that there was a lack of controls: Indonesia’s chief security minister, Mahfud MD, claimed that the stadium exceeded its capacity of 38,000 spectators, stating that 42,000 tickets had been sold.

What happened enters the sad ranking of tragedies in the history of world football. A total of 320 people died and more than 1,000 were injured during an Olympic qualifying match between Peru and Argentina in Lima in 1964 during a riot.

In Argentina, in 1968, a River Boca was stained with blood: 71 of his fans Xeneize They were crushed to death at the famous gate 12. Those responsible for a sad memory have not yet been found.

In 1985, 39 people died at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, when fans were crushed by a wall that later collapsed during the European Cup final between Liverpool and Juventus.

Just four years later, 96 people died at Hillsborough, in the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. The death toll rose to 97 in 2021 when another fan was ruled wrongfully dead from the effects of the crash 32 years earlier.

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