Almost 130 people died and about 180 were injured during riots and crush after a football match between the Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya teams on the evening of October 1 in Indonesia. The game ended with a score of 2: 3 to Polch guests from Persebaya Surabaya.
According to world media reports, at the end of the match, thousands of fans entered the field to “find” the players and officials of the Arema FC, which lost at the home stadium for the first time in many years. The police tried to stop the audience who began to attack officers and damaged about ten cars, used tear gas. People were scared and began to try to leave the stadium, there was a crush that only aggravated the sprayed gas. According to the Malang authorities, people were dying due to suffocation in a crush.
Indonesia President Joko Vidodo instructed to revise security measures at football matches and conduct a thorough investigation after the death of 129 people, Reuters reports. In addition, the head of state ordered the football association of Indonesia (PSSI) to stop all League 1 matches until the investigation of the incident.