The Story of the Indonesia Stadium Disaster: Panic, Grief & The Search For Justice
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 October 2022
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Host Mark Chapman and The Athletic's Adam Leventhal present a special report into the Kanjuruhan stadium disaster in Malang, Indonesia on October 1st. When a pitch invasion escalated, as tear gas was fired onto the pitch and into the stands by Police, several locked exits led to a crush and the death of 131 people.
Adam later provides an update on the independent investigation into what happened, the government's response, FIFA's involvement and the search for justice which will feel all too familiar for many UK football fans.
* Please be advised that this episode contains reporting that some people may find disturbing.
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| 0:35.2 | The Athletic. |
| 0:38.1 | On the 1st of October, |
| 0:42.9 | thousands of Indonesian football fans visited the Canjurahan Stadium to watch their beloved Arema football club |
| 0:45.7 | take on fierce rivals Persabaya. |
| 0:48.8 | Defeat for the home side led to a pitch invasion, |
| 0:52.3 | which then escalated as tear gas was fired onto the pitch and into the stands by police. |
| 0:58.1 | As hundreds of fans fled, several locked exits led to a crush. At least 131 people never returned home. |
| 1:11.2 | The athletics Adam Leventhal has been in Malang reporting on one of the most tragic sporting disasters in history. |
| 1:19.3 | And please be advised that the following contains details that you may find disturbing. |
| 1:31.8 | Thank you. that you may find disturbing. One of the most evocative images here at the stadium |
| 1:35.5 | when you look in through the gates where so many people perished |
| 1:39.7 | is that it is almost an enshrined crime scene that hasn't been touched. |
| 1:46.8 | There's still investigations going on inside the stadium. |
| 1:49.9 | And the thing that really sticks out when you see them, it just changes everything |
| 1:55.0 | because you see the shoes that have been left behind. |
| 1:59.0 | And you can only presume that those are the shoes that were |
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