Seventeen children among the 125 dead in Indonesian soccer stampede

Seventeen children were among astatine slightest 125 radical killed successful a soccer stampede in Indonesia at the weekend, officials said, arsenic unit builds connected the Southeast Asian federation to explicate however 1 of the world's worst stadium disasters unfolded.

Violence and hooliganism person agelong been features of Indonesian football, particularly successful places specified arsenic Jakarta, the capital, but Saturday's catastrophe successful a tiny municipality successful Java has thrown a spotlight connected the problem.

"My household and I didn't deliberation it would crook retired similar this," said Endah Wahyuni, the elder sister of 2 boys, Ahmad Cahyo, 15, and Muhammad Farel, 14, who died aft being caught successful the melee.

"They loved soccer, but ne'er watched Arema unrecorded astatine Kanjuruhan stadium, this was their archetypal time," she added astatine her brothers' ceremonial connected Sunday, referring to the location broadside they backed.

The boys were among 17 children killed, said authorities quality bureau Antara, citing figures from the women's empowerment and kid extortion ministry.

"Seventeen children died and 7 were treated, but determination is simply a anticipation that could increase," said Nahar, a ministry official.

Indonesian regular Koran Tempo ran a achromatic beforehand leafage connected Monday, centered connected the words "Our Football Tragedy," printed successful reddish on with a database of the dead.

Saturday's deadly crush came arsenic panicking spectators tried to flight the overpacked stadium aft constabulary fired teardrop state to disperse fans from the losing location broadside who ran onto the transportation astatine the extremity of the match.

Home broadside Arema FC had mislaid the lucifer 3-2 to Persebaya Surabaya, though authorities had said tickets were not issued to Persebaya fans implicit information concerns.

The incidental was a "dark time for each involved," said FIFA, the governing assemblage for satellite soccer, which has asked Indonesian shot authorities for a study connected the incident.

Its information regulations accidental firearms oregon "crowd power gas" should beryllium utilized astatine matches.

Police and athletics officials person being sent to the metropolis of Malang to analyse an incidental that ranks among the world's deadliest stadium disasters.

"All those liable should beryllium held accountable for this disaster, careless of their presumption oregon position," Phil Robertson, lawman Asia manager of New York-based Human Rights Watch said connected Monday.

"It's not capable for the nationalist constabulary and the Football Association of Indonesia to behaviour their ain probe due to the fact that they whitethorn beryllium tempted to downplay oregon undermine afloat accountability for officials involved," helium added successful a statement.