Hundreds of Indonesians paid tribute Sunday to the victims of a football stadium crush a year ago that killed 135 people in one of the world's worst sports disasters, while some locals entered the ground and started fires on the pitch.Locals entered the stadium through its open gates in the evening after Sunday's prayers, starting fires on the pitch and chanting Arema songs, according to an AFP journalist.
The death of an Acehnese man has triggered painful memories of Indonesia’s violent crackdown in the province and prompted calls for an end to military abuses.
MALANG (AFP) – Indonesia’s Supreme Court has overturned the acquittal of two policemen accused of negligence that led to one of the deadliest stadium disasters in football history, jailing them in a decision criticised on Thursday by victims’ families as too lenient. The crush in the city of Malang last October killed 135 people – […]