Indonesia on Sunday announced a corrected death toll from the stampede that followed a soccer match, putting the death toll at 125, after it was incorrectly reported earlier that 174 people were killed and dozens injured, in one of the worst sports stadium accidents ever.
"Today's death toll is 125, 124 people have been identified, while no one has been identified," Emil Dardak, deputy governor of East Java, told broadcaster Metro TV.
"Some of the names were registered twice because they were transferred to another hospital, and therefore they were written again," he added, referring to information collected by local police from 10 hospitals.
Penembakan gas air mata salah satu penyebab puluhan jiwa tewas di stadion kanjuruhan.
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Not the first
The tragedy occurred yesterday evening, Saturday, in the city of Malang (in the east of the country), and led to the injury of more than 100 people as well, in this archipelago located in Southeast Asia, which is constantly witnessing disasters related to confrontations between fans of football teams.
Arima FC fans invaded the Kanjuruhan stadium in Malang after their team lost 2-3 to Persibaya Surabaya.
This was the first loss in more than 20 years for the "Arima FC" team against its great competitor from Surabaya.
Footage filmed inside the stadium showed a huge amount of tear gas and people clinging to barriers and trying to escape, while others carried injured fans.
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Di video ini terlihat jelas bhw gas air mata ditembakkan kearah tribun penonton di stadion kanjuruhan yg menyebabkan supporter panik, chaos dan kehabisan nafas sehingga banyak korban meninggal.
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'A tragedy beyond imagination'
In the first reactions, FIFA President Gianni Infantino said in a statement on Sunday that the Indonesia Stadium disaster was a "tragedy beyond imagination."
Indonesia is scheduled to host the U-20 World Cup next year in a number of stadiums across the country, but Malang Stadium is not one of them.
In 1989, a crowd at Hillsborough Stadium in Britain killed 97 Liverpool fans, and in 2012 the Port Said stadium in Egypt witnessed another tragedy that resulted in the deaths of 74 people.
In 1964, 320 people were killed and more than a thousand injured in crowds moving into the National Stadium in Lima during a match between Peru and Argentina.