Explainer – Indonesia football stadium tragedy: what happened, death toll, and reaction
Reuters At least 125 people died over the weekend in Indonesia when a soccer match between two teams that were fierce rivals ended in a stampede, marking one of the world’s worst stadium disasters in recent decades. The incident in East Java province has sparked outrage and grief in Indonesia, where sports commentators and activists […]
Seventeen children among the dead in Indonesian soccer stampede
Malang, IndonesiaReuters Seventeen children were among at least 125 people killed in a soccer stampede in Indonesia at the weekend, officials said, as pressure builds on the South-East Asian nation to explain how one of the world’s worst stadium disasters unfolded. Violence and hooliganism have long been features of Indonesian football, especially in places such […]
Update: Indonesia soccer stampede kills 125 after police use tear gas in stadium
Updated: 7:20am, 3rd October, 2022 (AEST)Malang, Indonesia Reuters A stampede at a soccer stadium in Indonesia has killed 125 people and injured more than 320 after police police used tear gas to quell a pitch invasion, authorities said on Sunday, in one of the world’s worst stadium disasters. Officers fired tear gas in an attempt […]
Hope, sadness as volunteers search for victims of Indonesian volcano
Curah Kobokan, Indonesia Reuters At the foot of Indonesia’s Mount Semeru, what is left of the houses along the main village road are covered in a thick layer of hardened volcanic ash. Curah Kobokan was among the worst-hit areas when the 3,676-metre Mount Semeru erupted on Saturday, sending a cloud of ash into the sky […]
Indonesia Semeru volcanic eruption death toll rises to 14; dozens injured
Sumberwuluh, IndonesiaReuters The eruption of Semeru volcano has killed at least 14 people and injured dozens on Java island, Indonesia’s disaster agency said on Sunday, as rescue teams searched for victims under layers of ash, sometimes digging with their bare hands. Semeru, the tallest mountain on Java, threw up towers of ash and hot clouds […]
Indonesia Semeru volcanic eruption kills 13; 10 evacuated
Jakarta, IndonesiaReuters Ten people trapped after Indonesia’s Semeru volcano erupted have been evacuated to safety, the country’s disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said on Sunday, as the death toll from the disaster climbed to at least 13 and with dozens injured. Semeru, the tallest mountain on Java island, threw up towers of ash and hot clouds […]
Indonesian president orders Java rescue efforts after quake kills eight
Jakarta, IndonesiaReuters Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Sunday ordered swift rescue and relief efforts after eight people died in an earthquake that hit off southern Java island. Three others were badly injured in Saturday’s magnitude-5.9 quake and more than 1,180 buildings were damaged, most of them slightly, the disaster agency BNPB said. Some houses were […]
Indonesia’s Java hit by magnitude 5.9 quake, seven killed
Jakarta, IndonesiaReuters A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck off Indonesia’s Java island on Saturday, killing seven people, severely wounding two and damaging hundreds of buildings in several cities, the country’s disaster mitigation agency BNPB said. The quake, which struck at 2pm local time, was felt across East Java, home to 40.7 million people, and nearby provinces, […]
Indonesia’s President urges calm after violent protests in Papua cities
Jakarta, IndonesiaReuters Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday sought to ease tension after violent protests in several cities in Papua in response to claims of racist abuse and physical mistreatment of students from the country’s easternmost region. His chief security minister, Wiranto, also pledged a “complete and fair” investigation into incidents in East Java that […]
Indonesian bombings “did not come as a surprise”, says analyst
World Watch Monitor As details emerge of the shocking tactics used in the two bomb attacks in Indonesia over the last 48 hours, a regional analyst has said he was not surprised by the apparent Islamist motive. “Just a few weeks before the attacks, the government published a study, according to which close to 25 […]