Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Abdan Ageng Fauzan, Citra Ayu Amelia, Ananda Astrid Nafisa and six others identified as names of victims who died during riot at Kanjuruhan Stadium in the city of Malang in East Java. (Read More Here).
The victims are:
Ananda Gabby Setya Wardhana
Ananda Astrid Nafisa
Natasya Debi Ramadhani
Revanya Salwa Syahrani
Daffa Fachruddin
Abdan Ageng Fauzan
Citra Ayu Amelia
FIFA, the head of soccer’s international governing body, has led football’s mourning of Saturday’s stadium crush at an Indonesian league football match, describing the incident, which killed at least 125 people, as a “dark day” and a “tragedy beyond comprehension.”
In what is one of the world’s deadliest ever stadium disasters, more than 300 people remain injured, according to Indonesian authorities, with fears that the death toll could still rise.
“I extend my deepest condolences to the families and friends of the victims who lost their lives following this tragic incident,” FIFA President Gianni Infantino said in a statement.
Supporters of Arema FC and rival Persebaya Surbaya, two of Indonesia’s biggest soccer teams, clashed in the stands after home team Arema FC was defeated 3-2 at a match in the city of Malang in East Java, police said.
Supporters from the losing team then “invaded” the pitch and police fired tear gas, triggering a fan crush that led to cases of suffocation, East Java police chief Nico Afinta said during a press conference following the event.
Two police officers were also among the dead, the police chief said, adding that the crush occurred when fans fled for an exit gate.
Football clubs around the world are paying tribute to those killed.
Spain’s La Liga announced in a statement that a minute’s silence will be held at the five matches scheduled for Sunday and Monday, as well as the 10 matches the following week, while many English Premier League clubs tweeted their own tributes to the victims of the disaster.
Liverpool FC, which suffered a tragedy in 1989 when 96 of its supporters died at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, was among them.
“We are deeply saddened to hear of the events at Kanjuruhan Stadium, Malang, Indonesia. The thoughts of everyone at Liverpool Football Club are with all those affected at this time,” Liverpool tweeted.
“We are deeply saddened to learn of the events in Malang at the Kanjuruhan Stadium Indonesia today. Along with everyone who finds a connection through football, our thoughts are with everyone affected by this tragedy,” English club Arsenal tweeted.
Riots broke out after the game ended on Saturday evening, with host Arema FC of East Java’s Malang city losing to Persebaya of Surabaya 3-2.
Disappointed after their team’s loss, thousands of Arema supporters, known as “Aremania,” reacted by throwing bottles and other objects at players and football officials. Fans flooded the Kanjuruhan Stadium pitch in protest and demanded that Arema management explain why, after 23 years of undefeated home games, this match ended in a loss, witnesses said.
The rioting spread outside the stadium where at least five police vehicles were toppled and set ablaze amid the chaos. Riot police responded by firing tear gas, including towards the stadium’s stands, causing panic among the crowd. Tear gas is banned at football stadiums by FIFA.
The rioting spread outside the stadium where at least five police vehicles were toppled and set ablaze amid the chaos. Riot police responded by firing tear gas, including towards the stadium’s stands, causing panic among the crowd. Tear gas is banned at football stadiums by FIFA.
Some fans suffocated and others were trampled as hundreds of people ran to the exit in an effort to avoid the tear gas. In the chaos, 34 died at the stadium, including two officers, and some reports include children among the casualties.
“We have already done a preventive action before finally firing the tear gas as [fans] began to attack the police, acting anarchically and burning vehicles,” said East Java Police chief Nico Afinta in a news conference early on Sunday.
Afinta said the death toll is likely to increase because many of the approximately 180 injured who are receiving intensive treatments at various hospitals are in critical condition.
Indonesia’s football association, PSSI, has suspended the premier football league Liga 1 indefinitely in light of the tragedy and banned Arema from hosting football matches for the remainder of the season.
AKBP Putu Kholis, who previously served as the Head of the Tanjung Priok Port Police, Polda Metro Jaya,” said Dedi.
Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud Md previously asked the National Police to announce measures to control and enforce the law related to the tragedy at the Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang. He asked the police to enforce discipline on police officers.
“The enforcement of discipline to structural police officers in the area where the incident occurred,” said Mahfud at an online press conference on the YouTube channel of the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs.
The following are 9 members of the East Java Police Mobile Brigade, including a number of officers, who were removed as a result of the Kanjuruhan tragedy that killed 125 people:
-AKBP Agus Waluyo SIK (danyon)
-AKP Hasdarman (dankie)
-Aiptu Solikin (danton)
-Aiptu Samsul (danton)
-Aiptu Ari Dwiyanto (danton)
-AKP Untung (dankie)
-AKP Danang (danton)
-AKP Nanang (danton )
-Aiptu Budi (Danton).
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