Nahar, a representative of the women's empowerment and child protection ministry, told Reuters that at least 32 of the victims were youngsters between the ages of 3 and 17. The official had initially reported 17 child fatalities. Mahfud MD, Indonesia's chief security minister, announced that a team of academics, soccer experts, and government officials will be assembled to conduct an unbiased fact-finding investigation on what transpired.
police and sports:
Over the coming days, the team will try to determine who caused the catastrophe, he said. Each victim's family will receive 50 million rupiahs ($3,268) in settlement from the government, and hundreds more injured people will receive free medical care, he added. Malang has received a police and sports delegation to look into one of the deadliest stadium disasters ever. A suspension of all Liga 1 games was mandated by President Joko Widodo until the probe was finished.
Firearms or "crowd control gas," according to FIFA, the organization that oversees international soccer, should not be used during games.
Tear Gas:
"Perhaps there wouldn't have been pandemonium if there hadn't been any tear gas," Choirul Anam, a commissioner at Komnas HAM, Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights, said during a news conference on Monday. At the Estadio Nacional in Lima, 328 people perished in a crush when Peru played Argentina. In a 1989 British tragedy at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, an overcrowded and fenced-in enclosure collapsed, killing 96 Liverpool fans.
Although violence and hooliganism have long been a part of Indonesian football, particularly in cities like the capital Jakarta, the magnitude of Saturday's catastrophe in this Javan hamlet has left the modest community in shock.
Endah Wahyuni, the older sister of two boys, Ahmad Cahyo, 15, and Muhammad Farel, 14, who died after getting trapped in the melee, stated, "My family and I didn't expect it would turn out like this."
At the funeral for her brothers on Sunday, she continued, "They liked soccer, but this was their first time seeing Arema live at Kanjuruhan stadium.
The tragedy of modern football:
The words "Our Football Tragedy" and a list of the deceased were in the center of the black front page of the Indonesian newspaper Koran Tempo on Monday.
Authorities claimed that tickets were not given to Persebaya fans because to security concerns, despite the fact that the home team Arema FC had lost the game 3-2 to Persebaya Surabaya. On Sunday, Mahfud claimed that the stadium was overflowing. A stadium with a capacity of 38,000 had almost 42,000 tickets issued, he claimed. Gilang Widya Pramana, president of Arema FC, apologized to the stampede victims on Monday and said he was prepared to accept "all responsibility" for what had happened.
Indonesian football authority:
The coach of Arema FC, Javier Roca, declared that "one game result is not worth paying with people's lives. "Pope Francis stated in a sermon on Sunday that he had prayed for the people who had perished in the accident and for those who had been hurt.FIFA has asked the Indonesian football authority for a report on the incident after describing it as "a tragic day for those involved in football and a tragedy beyond comprehension."
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