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Mr Kipling
Soccer does seem to attract a certain kind of fan.
Spitfire
RIP to the deceased and condolences to their families.
blvtzpk
BBC is now reporting 174 dead.
Good
It must have been very crowded. Hopefully they were wearing masks.
JTC
Apparently FIFA bans Tear Gas at Soccer matches. The Police here, clearly mishandled the situation and as a result we have a large loss of life. Hillsborough all over again, just a different Country.
Ego Sum Lux Mundi
No it's not, in 1964, a total of 320 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured during a stampede at a Peru-Argentina Olympic qualifier in Lima.
u_s__reamer
Another avoidable tragedy caused by the "Keystone-cop" incompetence of the trigger-happy Indonesian police. Condolences to the victims. As in the case of the families of the Hillsborough victims they can expect no justice from the authorities.
WA4TKG
It seems not until TWO Policemen were KILLED did they fire teargas:
Police, who described the unrest as "riots", said they tried to persuade fans to return to the stands and fired tear gas after two officers were killed.
Not exactly “Trigger Happy” unless that’s NOT what really happened.
Mr Kipling
You missed the part about two policemen being killed?
Soccer attracts more than its fair share of trouble makers. But these are not usually the ones ending up dead.
TokyoLiving
Well, it's something that happens with certain normality in soccer..
Totally true, especially in third world countries where soccer is religion..
blvtzpk
The BBC now says the figure has been lowered to 125.
From the BBC:
noriahojanen
I hear that the winning goal was made by a Japanese player. I'm wondering if he's safe.