International Media Joins Tragedy At The Malang Stadium

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JAKARTA - The riot incident at the Kanjuruhan Stadium, Malang after the Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya matches was in the spotlight of international media.

It is known, the incident began when thousands of Aremania took to the field to protest where their football team lost to Persebaya Surabaya with a score of 2-3.

However, this chaos has not only become a hot topic of discussion in the country, some international media have also reported the tragedy of the Kanjuruhan Stadium.

One of them is Bl Teacher Report on his official Twitter account @brfootball quoting the tragedy that occurred last night.

"Indonesian football league has been suspended for one week after more than 120 football fans died on Saturday when fighting exploded between Arema supporters and Persebaya Surabaya," tweeted @brfootball.

https://twitter.com/brfootball/status/1576379862000230402?s=20&t=B3Luc3kvRA7HIp6c2qu8Ng

Likewise, the British media The Guardian also reported on the incident, "More than 120 people were reported to have died in riots in Indonesian football matches," tweeted @TheGuardian.

https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1576353326962294784?s=20&t=B3Luc3kvRA7HIp6c2qu8Ng

In The Guardia's article, he told how this riot happened, "The fight reportedly started when thousands of Arema supporters rushed to the field. Persebaya players immediately left him but some Arema players who were still on the field were also attacked," wrote The Guardian.

"Local reports said up to 3,000 spectators took to the field after the game, out of 40,000 spectators. Police said 13 vehicles were damaged, including 10 police cars. Images taken from inside the stadium during raids showed large amounts of tear gas and people climbing the fence. People brought injured spectators through chaos," he added.

The last thing VOI was monitoring was the US media from Fox Sport who reported it with the title, "More than 100 people died, the league was suspended when football riots ended in disaster."

Fox Sport also quoted Wiyanto Wijoyo, Head of the Malang District Health Office, who revealed the death toll and those hospitalized were injured.

"More than 120 people died, they died of chaos, overcrowding, trampled and limping to death," said Wiyanto, written by Fox Sport.

Reported earlier, of the total 127 victims who died, 34 died directly at the Kanjuruhan Stadium which had not been brought to the hospital. Then, the remaining 94 people died while undergoing hospital treatment. Until now, there are still 180 people being treated in a number of hospitals in Malang City.