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Stampede and riot claim dozens of lives at Indonesia football match

Dozens of people were killed in a stampede and riot at a soccer match in Indonesia, officials said on Sunday, in one of the world's worst stadium disasters. When frustrated supporters of the losing home team invaded the pitch in Malang in the province of East Java late on Saturday, officers fired tear gas in an attempt to control the situation, triggering the stampede and cases of suffocation, East Java police chief Nico Afinta told reporters.

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The incident on Saturday night at the Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang city prompted Indonesian President Joko Widodo to order the suspension of the top-flight Liga 1 competition pending a review. Most of the victims died of a lack of oxygen during a stampede after fans invaded the pitch as hosts Arema FC lost 3-2 to rival East Java club Persebaya Surabaya, provincial police chief Nico Afinta said.