127 dead after violence at football match in Indonesia

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Football fans in Indonesia riot after not accepting defeat - Photo from AP / Yudha Prabowo
JAKARTA - At least 127 people have died after a riot during a football match in Indonesia's Malang in East Java province on Saturday evening, Indonesian police said on Sunday, reported Xinhua.

Provincial police chief Nico Afinta said at a press conference that the supporters of one team did not accept the defeat at a game and climbed over the fence and entered the soccer field in large numbers resulting in a stampede and clashes with the police leaving 125 supporters and two police officers killed. - BERNAMA