new delhi at least 125 people were killed and around 180 injured at a football match in indonesia after panicked fans were trampled and crushed trying to flee during a riot authorities said on sundayin what appears to be one of the worlds worst stadium disasters more than 300 people were rushed to nearby hospitals but many died on the way or in treatmentread alsoindonesia football tragedy death toll after riots revised to 125 with more than 100 injuredpanic at an indonesian football match saturday left 125 dead most of whom were trampled to death after police fired tear gas to dispel riots making it one of the deadliest sports events in the world riots broke out after the game ended saturday evening with host arema fc of east javas malangpolice who described the unrest as riots said they tried to force fans to return to the stands and fired tear gas after two officers were killedmany of the victims were trampled or choked to death according to policesurvivors described panicking spectators in a packed crowd as tear gas rained down on themheres how the football match unfoldedtap to expand and read morematch beginsat 8 pm local time on saturday a match between arema fc and persebaya surabaya kicked off at the kanjuruhan stadium malang in east java indonesia police said there were some 42000 spectators in the stadium all of whom were aremas supporters because the organiser had banned persebaya fans in an effort to avoid brawlssince football is indonesias most popular sport fan violence during the league matches is a recurring issue with huge crowds turning out for high octane clashes in the 18team topflight league match ends shortly before 10 pm the match ended with the home team arema losing 32 to persebaya surabaya arema fc and persebaya surabaya are longtime bitter rivals and this was the first time in over two decades that arema lost to surabaya the disappointing loss by arema prompted angry spectators to demand answersthe chaosafter the referee blew the final whistle angry supporters of arema fc invaded the pitch fans threw bottles and other objects at players and football officialsvideo footage of the incident shows fans clashing with the police on the pitchit had gotten anarchic they started attacking officers they damaged cars east java police chief nico afinta said adding that the crush occurred when fans fled for an exit gatefan violence is an enduring problem in indonesia where deep rivalries have previously turned into deadly confrontations police action and violencepolice fired tear gas in a bid to control the situation prompting panicked fans to scramble to leave through an exit gate triggering a stampede and cases of suffocation fifa has banned the use of tear gas at football stadiumsimages showed people who appeared to have lost consciousness being carried away by other fansthe police chief later said that a crush occurred at gate 10 of the stadiumlater rioting spread outside the stadium where supporters and police got embroiled in more