Narang Pilu Abel Camara Tentang Traisa Kanjuruhan: Ada Yang Die Di Ruang Penganti

Abel Camara (Instagram.com/@abel_camara30)

JAKARTA - The sad story was revealed by Arema FC foreign player, Abel Camara about the riots that occurred at the Kanjuruhan Stadium after the match against Persebaya, Saturday, October 1 night.

Quoted from Maisfutebol, Monday, the Camara, who had just made its debut in Indonesia, told how the pathetic situation occurred in the dressing room. The Guinean Bissau player said how sad he was that he saw in front of the fans' eyes die in the dressing room for the Kanjuruhan Stadium.

"After we lost, we apologized to the fans. They started to climb the fence, we then went to the dressing room," said Camara, quoted from Maisfutebol.

"From there we started to hear shots, push. There were people in the dressing room who were hit by tear gas and died right in front of us. Seven or eight people were killed in the dressing room," Camara continued.

The riot at the Kanjuruhan Stadium occurred after the referee blew the long whistle. The defeat of 2-3 Singo Edan as the host made a number of supporters furious and pushed into the field.

The garbage of supporters in the field became the beginning of the riots, the officers went down and fired tear gas to break the crowd.

The Camara at the location also explained how Arema FC players were also detained in the dressing room due to riots in the field. According to Camara, he and his colleagues had to wait up to four hours before the security sterilized the situation.

However, when the situation subsided, Camara did not mention things were fine. Instead, he witnessed the rest of the riots that made his heart touched.

When we left, when the situation was calmer, there was blood, shoes, clothes in all parts of the stadium. When we left the stadium on the bus, there was a civilian car and the police caught fire that made the heart hurt," he said.

In the aftermath of the riots at the Kanjuruhan Stadium, it was discovered that more than 120 victims died and hundreds more received intensive care. Arema as the host was also sentenced not to host until the 2022/2023 season ended.