Indonesia football stadium disaster: police chief sacked as investigation launched | Indonesia
An Indonesian police chief and 9 elite officers had been faraway from their posts and 18 others had been being investigated for accountability within the firing of teargas inside a soccer stadium that led to a crush, killing a minimum of 125 individuals, officers mentioned. Indonesian police are going through rising stress over their administration of crowds throughout the Kanjuruhan stadium catastrophe. Officers fired teargas in response to a pitch invasion by followers on the overcrowded stadium in Malang regency, East Java, on Saturday evening, creating panic amongst supporters. Three witnesses told the Guardian teargas was fired not solely at followers on the pitch but additionally at crowds who had remained within the stands, and that no warning was given. Individuals scrambled to flee, prompting a lethal rush by which many had been suffocated or crushed. An additional 323 individuals had been injured, a few of whom had been in a crucial situation. At the least 32 youngsters had been amongst these killed. The youngest was aged three or 4, in accordance with an official. “I held out within the stands even because the gasoline strangled my throat,” mentioned one fan who struggled to depart…