as well. many were transported to nearby hospitals suffering from lack of oxygen and shortness of death. cnn s senior international correspondent will ripley is following this story from taipei for us. will, take us through how this tragedy happened. reporter: well, the tear gas is going to be the key focal point here as they look into why this stampede occurred because according to survivors, according to journalists who were covering this match, which was expected to be a high-risk match, this is a saturday night in indonesia, indonesia known for passionate football fans, brawls are not uncommon after a contentious match. yet when police decided to fire tear gas at the lower stands to stop people from rushing the pitch and in a stadium setting, tear gas is not something that is even allowed by football s governing body, fifa, that a wind gust or some sort of movement of air pushed the tear gas into the upper stands where there were families with
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