In the chaos, 34 died at the stadium, including two officers, and some reports include children among the casualties. Others suffocated and were trampled as hundreds of people ran to the exit to avoid the tear gas. ![]() He said he climbed the roof of the stands and only came down when the situation calmed down. ![]() “Many victims fell because of shortness of breath and difficulty seeing due to tear gas and were trampled.” “Officers fired tear gas directly at spectators in the stands, forcing us to run toward the exit,” he said. “We wanted to entertain ourselves by watching a football match, but we got disaster,” he said.Īnother spectator, Ahmad Fatoni, said police had started beating the fans with sticks and shields, and they fought back. He said his cousin died because of head injuries. ![]() When he woke up, he was already in the emergency room. “I felt hot and stinging in my eyes, I couldn’t see clearly while my head was dizzy and everything went dark … I passed out,” he said.
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