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in indonesia soccer is a passionate sport. people get so involved in these games that a lot of games they forbid away fans from attending. even when it was a friendly crowd when the out of town team lost, things turned really ugly quickly. starting with the fans but it was really the police response and the firing of tear gas that witnesses described, survivors describe, listen. translator: suddenly i heard people screaming and explosions. i didn t know whether it was fire croackers and then it becae difficult to breathe and my eyes got irritated and i saw smoke in one corner of the stand. reporter: i don t know if you ve ever been teargassed, i have. your immediate reaction when you feel as if you re suffocating you run in the opposite direction. that s why fifa does not allow tear gas to be used to contain fans at sporting events it s not