Indonesia stampede: Football officials found guilty of ‘negligence’ over deadly crush that killed 135

Two officials sentenced to prison after court in Indonesia finds them guilty of negligence

Two match officials have been found guilty of negligence over the deadly stampede at a football stadium in Indonesia that killed 135 people in October last year.

The incident, described as one of the world’s worst stadium disasters, occurred on 1 October last year at Kanjuruhan stadium in East Java province’s Malang city after Arema FC lost to Persebaya Surabaya. Both teams are said to be bitter rivals.

Police responded to the riot by firing teargas on the crowd, causing panic. Fifa has banned the use of teargas as a crowd-control measure in stadiums.