The death toll in Indonesia’s football stadium riot on Sunday rose to 174. The tragedy on Saturday night is one of the world’s deadliest sporting stadium disasters.
“At 10:30 am the figure rose to 174 deaths. That’s the data collected by the East Java disaster mitigation agency,” East Java deputy governor Emil Dardak told broadcaster Kompas TV, as reported by news agency AFP.
Earlier, at least 129 people were reported died, mostly trampled to death, in Indonesia’s Malang city in East Java province after police fired tear gas to stop brawls following a soccer match, said the police on Sunday, reported the news agency Associated Press.