125 people, including 32 children, were murdered in a stampede at a soccer stadium in Malang, Indonesia, on Monday. The nation’s human rights commission questioned the police’s deployment of tear gas during the incident.On Saturday, as fans of the losing home team ran onto the field at the conclusion of the domestic league game in Malang, East Java, police shot tear gas to disperse them. Panicked spectators were crushed as they attempted to flee the overcrowded stadium.
Nahar, a representative of the women’s empowerment and child protection ministry, told Reuters that at least 32 of the victims were youngsters between the ages of 3 and 17. The official had initially reported 17 child fatalities.
Mahfud MD, Indonesia’s chief security minister, announced that a team of academics, soccer experts, and government officials will be assembled to conduct an unbiased fact-finding investigation on what transpired.
Over the coming days, the team will try to determine who caused the catastrophe, he said.
