At least 174 people have died in the unrest in Indonesia

At least 174 people, including two policemen, were killed and nearly 200 injured in an outbreak of violence after a soccer match, when fans took to the field because their team lost on the Indonesian island. JavaPolice sources reported this Sunday.

The Police, who used tear gas, indicated that riots took place on Saturday night at the stadium Kanjuruhan from the city of Unfortunately, in the province of East Java, in a match where the team Arema was defeated by 2-3 of Perseberry Surabaya.

As explained in a press conference by the police chief of East Java, Nico Afinta, 34 people died inside the stadium, while others died in the hospital.

About 180 other people were injured and are under medical treatment in various hospitals in the region, with varying degrees of injuries.

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Most of the deaths occurred as a result of the stampede of fans, when dozens of them suffocated, because it was “a space full of people, which caused difficulty breathing (and) lack of oxygen, ” he says. the commissioner.

After the tragedy, the president of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, expressed its “deepest condolences” and announced that it had requested “a complete review of the implementation of football matches” and “security procedures for their celebration”, as well as an investigation to “find out in depth” the event at Unfortunately

“I asked the Minister of Health and the Governor of East Java to manage special medical services for victims who are being treated in hospitals so that they have the best service,” the president added in a televised address.

The spiral of violence began when some 3,000 fans of the losing team stormed the pitch and began attacking the players, sparking heavy clashes with security forces, who used tear gas in an attempt to stop the attacks.

The use of these gases by Police has been criticized by several international entities, such as International Amnestywhich urged the Indonesian authorities to conduct a “swift, thorough and independent investigation into the use of tear gas at the stadium”.

The organization emphasized that “tear gas should never be fired in confined spaces” due to its high level of danger and recalled that the security regulations of stadiums of FIFA prohibit the transportation or use of so-called “crowd control gas.”

“Tear gas should only be used to disperse people when mass violence has occurred and when other methods have failed. People should be warned that tear gas will be used and allowed to disperse,” the executive director of Amnesty International Indonesia, Usman Hamid.

Following the “disappointing” incident, the country’s soccer league suspended all matches for a week, while the Football Association (PSSI) announced the opening of an investigation to find out the facts.

The tragedy is considered one of the deadliest in the history of world football.