Football : deux morts à Jakarta – 21 novembre 2011

Two dead in Indonesia football stampede

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November 22, 2011

JAKARTA, Indonesia, November 22 – Two people were killed and a young boy was fighting for his life in a coma after a terrifying stampede when thousands of fans jammed a Jakarta stadium for the Southeast Asian Games football final.

All 88,000 tickets at the cavernous Gelora Bung Karno stadium had been snapped up for the keenly anticipated showdown Monday night between the hosts and their rivals Malaysia, the visitors taking gold 4-3 on penalties.

With the game sold out, thousands of eager supporters gathered outside the stadium hoping to buy from ticket touts, an AFP reporter at the scene said, and when a gate was momentarily opened there was a crush to get in.

“The two victims died when the stadium doors at section 15 opened and everyone rushed in,” Jakarta city police spokesman Baharudin Djafar told AFP.

“One of the bodies was identified and has been returned to his family, while the other is still at the morgue.

“Several others were taken to hospital with minor injuries, but one young boy slipped into a coma.” Read more…