MALANG, Indonesia: Elite Indonesian police officers were under investigation on Tuesday over a stadium stampede that killed 131 people, including dozens of children, in one of the deadliest disasters in football history.

As public anger grew over the tragedy, police moved to punish those responsible for the crush in the southern city of Malang that witnesses say started when officers fired tear gas into packed stands to quell a pitch invasion.

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