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Indonesia soccer stampede: What you need to know

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At least 125 people were killed in a soccer stampede in Indonesia, including 17 children, officials stated. The incident comes as Southeast Asian nations are under increasing pressure to explain the circumstances surrounding one of the worst stadium disasters in history.

* Police used tear gas to disperse the agitated fans of the losing side, who invaded the pitch at Malang in East Java. Arema FC lost 3-2 against Persebaya Surabaya at the local BRI Liga 1 match.

* 42,000 tickets were issued for a stadium that can hold 38,000 people, according to Mahfud MD (Indonesia's chief security minister), in an Instagram post.

Mahfud stated that an independent a fact finding team would investigate the sequence of events to find the culprits.

* Gilang Widya Pramana is the president of Arema FC. He said that he was willing to accept full responsibility.

* FIFA, the world's governing body for soccer, requested a report from the Indonesian authorities on the incident. According to safety regulations, firearms and "crowd control gases" are not allowed at matches.

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