'Identify, punish stampede perpetrators'

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 04, 2022 12:13 am

(UPDATED) MALANG, Indonesia: The Indonesian government called on the Southeast Asian country's police on Monday to identify and punish whoever was responsible for a stadium stampede that left at least 125 people dead, as anger mounted over one of the deadliest disasters in the history of football.

The tragedy on Saturday night in the city of Malang also saw 323 people injured after officers fired tear gas in a packed stadium to quell a pitch invasion, triggering a stampede.

SHOW OF SORROW Indonesian football supporters named Ultras spray flower petals and light candles during a vigil in the capital Jakarta on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, to show sympathy for the victims of a deadly stampede at the Kanjuruhan stadium in the city of Malang, southern East Java province, over the weekend. AFP PHOTO

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