Indonesia stadium disaster

[Mutchy]

Indonesia: At least 174 dead in football stampede

Supporters who invaded the pitch are tear-gassed by police, leading to one of the world's worst stadium disasters.

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[thommo1984]

Jesus, that’s horrific.

 

[JadeWolf]

Awful news. RIP to those fans killed.

 

[Frank Lincoln]

Such terribly sad news. My thoughts are with those affected.

 

[A wanderer from Bristol]

That's awful, painful news. Thoughts with the families and friends of those who died. I hope in time the truth comes out - whatever that is - and lessons are learned.

 

[Nige100]

Awful incident. RIP to those that have lost lives and deepest condolences to there families. Hope the injured make a full recovery.

No one on earth should go to a football match and not return home.

 

[Golden Arrow]

Dreadful news.
My heartfelt condolences go out to the families and friends who've lost loved ones.

 

[Pengwern]

Riot police have no place in grounds

 

[LaurenceHenry]

acab

 

[WasStefan]

Sad part is its almost certain those killed weren’t the ones causing the trouble. Truly horrific

 

[Wolf in Kenilworth]

Just awful. Condolences to all of the people egfected and rest in peace to the people who died.

That should never ever happen.

 

[jrpb-3]

Awful news a real tragedy

Sadly sounds like another case of overcrowding and those in control causing panic rather than keeping things calm

 

[Darvo]

Terrible, sad news.

 

[Jonzy54]

As many of us I have been caught up in various situations of violence and overreaction by the police over the years .I remember being at Hillsborough when we played Spurs and how their fans suffered pre-Liverpool fans in1989 but the one that sticks in my mind was 1977 at Bolton we denied them promotion.I remember being herded by the police .They used horses to squeeze us up .I couldn’t breathe as the horses squeezed us more and some fans were getting hit although they were doing nothing wrong .It was hot and I was about to pass out and possibly get trampled before I was forced into the entrance backwards breathless ..Unbeknown to me at the time but my wife who I didn’t know back then was in the queue at the same time suffered exactly the same.I was frightened to death

 

[HICKO]

RIP to the poor souls who’ve died in this awful tragedy. Thoughts for their families and hope the injured heal.

 

[GateWolf]

Police firing Tear Gas into a football crowd is ridiculous and has very probably increased the numbers who lost their lives, it Would have created panic and restricted peoples ability to breath so when they got to the overrun exits their ability to in take air would have been severely limited, tragic events that shouldn’t be happening

 

[Bogota Wolf]

As many of us I have been caught up in various situations of violence and overreaction by the police over the years .I remember being at Hillsborough when we played Spurs and how their fans suffered pre-Liverpool fans in1989 but the one that sticks in my mind was 1977 at Bolton we denied them promotion.I remember being herded by the police .They used horses to squeeze us up .I couldn’t breathe as the horses squeezed us more and some fans were getting hit although they were doing nothing wrong .It was hot and I was about to pass out and possibly get trampled before I was forced into the entrance backwards breathless ..Unbeknown to me at the time but my wife who I didn’t know back then was in the queue at the same time suffered exactly the same.I was frightened to death

That match 'management' in Bolton was appalling. I sympathize enormously with good people like you and your wife who were herded and assaulted like animals for wanting to just enter a stadium. We arrived late to see a big space away from the terrace entrance where it was a case of plenty of fans walking around by the main stand to get to their places. As you rightly note, you though were rammed into a corner up against the turnstiles by horses deliberately targeted at you. We saw this and stepped back until there was the slightest modicum of sense, entered when the Greater Manchester? plod were tired from their assaults and moved to the other side of the goal where it was marginally less crammed.
I was at that Spurs semi-final too and the most shocking thing was the South Yorkshire plod trying to open up a space for 'surplus' Spurs fans who had been sitting and standing around the pitch after getting out of their end to be squeezed into our very full end. Completely ridiculous and dangerous as we all said at the game. And the worst thing as we all know is that no semis were held there for a while until the disaster... and nothing changed at the Leppings Lane End.
Don't start me on the Aston Villa away FA Cup tie which was not limited by tickets when the local police deliberately delayed several train loads at Wolverhampton station and actually cancelled some trains. Ours was the last train to leave for Villa Park and we were lied to in Wolverhampton and at Villa Park that we would get in even whilst they tidied up getting the last Villa fans in at KO time. What on earth were Villa and the police doing not making it all ticket?

 

[Bogota Wolf]

That match 'management' in Bolton was appalling. I sympathize enormously with good people like you and your wife who were herded and assaulted like animals for wanting to just enter a stadium. We arrived late to see a big space away from the terrace entrance where it was a case of plenty of fans walking around by the main stand to get to their places. As you rightly note, you though were rammed into a corner up against the turnstiles by horses deliberately targeted at you. We saw this and stepped back until there was the slightest modicum of sense, entered when the Greater Manchester? plod were tired from their assaults and moved to the other side of the goal where it was marginally less crammed.
I was at that Spurs semi-final too and the most shocking thing was the South Yorkshire plod trying to open up a space for 'surplus' Spurs fans who had been sitting and standing around the pitch after getting out of their end to be squeezed into our very full end. Completely ridiculous and dangerous as we all said at the game. And the worst thing as we all know is that no semis were held there for a while until the disaster... and nothing changed at the Leppings Lane End.
Don't start me on the Aston Villa away FA Cup tie which was not limited by tickets when the local police deliberately delayed several train loads at Wolverhampton station and actually cancelled some trains. Ours was the last train to leave for Villa Park and we were lied to in Wolverhampton and at Villa Park that we would get in even whilst they tidied up getting the last Villa fans in at KO time. What on earth were Villa and the police doing not making it all ticket?

Great sympathy of course to those who have been killed and injured, and who are their family members and friends who will be in deep, deep shock.

 

[Mutchy]

Indonesia football disaster: Six face criminal charges over stadium crush

At least 131 died in a stampede after police fired tear gas at fans who had invaded the pitch.

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[Mutchy]

Fan dies as Gimnasia-Boca abandoned after clashes

At least one person dies after police fired tear gas at fans outside Gimnasia's stadium at their match against Boca Juniors in Argentina.

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