The police had used tear gas in an overcrowded stadium to quell rioting by home fans. Read more at straitstimes.com.
JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Sunday ordered a probe into safety procedures underpinning the country's football matches, after a deadly stampede in East JavaThe police used tear gas in an overcrowded stadium to quell rioting by home fans, triggering the stampede and sparking one of the world's worst stadium disasters.
The president, better known as Jokowi, also ordered the youth and sports minister, the national police chief and the chairman of the Indonesia's football association, known as PSSI, to conduct a thorough investigation of the match and its security procedures. Water bottles and blunt objects were hurled at football officials and players and several vehicles, including police cars, were torched and overturned, reports said.
Brigadier-General Nyoman Eddy Purnama Wirawan, who heads the national police medical bureau, said fans of the home team invaded the pitch in frustration after the match."The supporters had rushed onto the field and attacked the players, both from Arema and Persebaya," he said.
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