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The match is over, the invasion has begun, the greatest tragedy of recent years has arrived: at least 127 dead in a football match in Indonesia

It was a derby always marked by a tense atmosphere, it crossed all the limits of what had already happened, it ended up being one of the greatest tragedies in a football stadium in recent decades: after Persebaya Surabaya’s victory against Arema at the Kanjuruhan Stadium, in Malang. , an invasion of the countryside with violent clashes and the intervention of the riot police it ended with at least 127 dead.

According to local media, the entry of many hundreds of supporters into the camp sparked violence that led to riot police. shooting tear gas, causing dozens of people to be swept up in the confusion and trampled by the crowd trying to flee the area. At the same time, there were also shots from the authorities present to disperse the invasion of the field. There are also records of several conflicts in the following hours already in the vicinity of the stadium with the police.

“127 people died, two of them are police officers. 34 of the deceased died in the stadium, the others died in hospital while receiving treatment. There are still 180 wounded receiving medical attention”, confirmed the inspector general of the Indonesian police, a figure that could increase in the coming hours. No more data has yet been added on what went wrong in this strategy.

Arema, where former Belenenses SAD striker Abel Camará plays (scorer of the two goals for his team) and Sérgio Silva, and Persebaya Surabaya have already regretted what happened, in a period in which the Indonesian Championship was suspended by those responsible at least for a week.

[Veja em baixo alguns dos vídeos que circulam da tragédia no Kanjuruhan Stadium]

Source: Observadora

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