Indonesian police said 174 people died and 300 others were injured in a stampede following a soccer game last night.
Among the dead were civilians and police officers, the chief of East Java Police, Nico Afinta, told reporters. They suffered breathing problems and suffocated as they tried to leave the stadium, he said.
Thirty-four of the fatalities occurred at the scene, Afinta said, and the rest died at the hospital.
A “mass commotion” followed the match, and the number of those killed was still being determined, the soccer league, Liga 1, said in a statement.
The stampede occurred after the home team, Arema FC, lost to the visiting Persebaya, at which point dozens of fans stormed the field, according to local media reports.
Videos of the scene showed fans scattered across the field as loud bangs and clouds of smoke erupted in the arena. Uniformed officers carrying riot shields were seen chasing down fans on the field and beating them with batons.
Matches were suspended for a week, the league said. “Hopefully this will be a valuable lesson for all of us,” said the head of the league, Akhmad Hadian Lukita.
(c) 2022, The Washington Post · Bryan Pietsch, Aisyah Llewellyn
Who cares? Fake news. Propoganda. Anything to distract the lemechels from the fact that China taking over the world.
More likely to distract from the fact that IN U.S ALONE, 1.2 MILLION DEAD, 7.2 MILLION HOSPITALIZED, 2.3 MILLION PERMANENTLY DISABLED, FROM VAX.
Yo dude. Have you no feeling for another persons life? How would you feel if someone in the media who react to the 45 niftarim in Meron by saying:
Who cares? Fake news. Propoganda……
I would feel the same way as someone who says “45 niftarim” rather than “45 Kedoshim who were murdered”.
While the origin for the term Kedoshim used in this instance, though obviously it should be, as that seems to be what many gedolim have done, is not clear to most people.
What IS clear is that one doesn’t mach avek with tragedies that occur to people.
Your response is one of pure letzanus
Kedoshim are those who were murdered which is exactly what these 45 were. Shame on you that you’d rather stick with the fake narrative from the secular zionists.
Take your 20th booster and pull your disposable mask back up to your eyebrows. Vinishmartem.