An Indonesian stadium tragedy

At least 125 people died while soccer fanatics rushed the sphere after professional soccer was in shape in Malang, Indonesia, on Saturday. Many were trampled.
The police fired tear gasoline into the tightly packed crowds, leading to a stampede. Survivors stated that the fuel became fired indiscriminately into the stands, forcing the overcapacity crowd to rush for the exits. Many are irritated by the police response, which observers said had made the scenario worse.
“If there wasn’t any tear gasoline shot into the stands, there would have no longer been any casualties,” one man stated, including that people had “panicked” and rushed to the sphere to keep themselves. When he attempts to sleep, he said, he nonetheless hears human beings screaming.
Reaction: Rights agencies condemned using tear gasoline, which is prohibited with the aid of FIFA, football’s worldwide governing frame. One policing professional said that the use of tear fuel, which is designed to disperse crowds, in comfy regions where human beings have nowhere to go is “exceedingly, notably risky.”
Analysis: The mixture of huge crowds and aggressive policing can show disastrous, writes Rory Smith, my colleague who covers soccer, in an analysis. When tragedies arise, he writes, “they tend to be the outcome not of fan violence but of disasters of policing, protection and crowd management.”
Background: Soccer violence has long been a hassle for Indonesia, where violent rivalries between major teams are not unusual. Worldwide, Saturday’s suit turned into many of the deadliest episodes in the history of the sport.