The distraught family members struggled to comprehend the sudden loss of loved ones at a soccer match in East Java's Malang city. 9News
Soccer fans enter the pitch during the clash.
"She was just a big Arema fan who wanted to watch her favourite team play. She shouldn't die just for that," she said, wiping tears. Some of the 42,000 Arema fans threw bottles and other objects at players and soccer officials. At least five police vehicles were toppled and set ablaze outside the stadium.Riot police trying to stop the violence fired tear gas, including toward the spectator stands, and triggered the disastrous crush of fans making a panicked, chaotic run for the exits.
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