FIFA pledges to help improve stadium safety in Indonesia as Jakarta prepares to demolish the statidum where a stampede killed over 130 people earlier this month
A fact-finding team set up by President Widodo in response to a national outcry has concluded that the tear gas was the main cause of the tragedy.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Tuesday said his organisation will bring experts and investment to improve infrastructure across the football-obsessed country of more than 276 million people because “they love football and we owe it to them that when they go to see matches, they are safe and secure.”
"My presence here is a sign of a new departure for football in Indonesia," Infantino said in a joint news conference with Indonesian President Joko Widodo. The October 1 tragedy at a stadium in East Java’s Malang city that killed 132 people, including 43 children, was one of the world’s deadliest sporting disasters. About 580 spectators were injured, the government said.
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