INDONESIA STAMPEDE

 At least 174 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a riot and a stampede at an Indonesian football stadium. 

The tragedy on Saturday night in the eastern City of Malang was one of the world's deadliest sporting stadium disasters. Police in East Java province said thousands of fans of Arena Fc stormed the pitch at Kanjuruhan Stadium after their team lost 3-2 to Persebaya Surabaya. Officers tried to control the"riots" by firing tear gas, triggering a stampede as panicked fans rushed to an exit gate.

Some suffocated in the chaos while others were trampled to death. At least 34 people, including two police officers, died at the stadium.

East Java's Vice Governor Emil Dardak told Komoas Television in an interview on Sunday afternoon that the death toll has climbed to 174, while more than 100 injured people were receiving intensive treatment in eight hospitals. Eleven of them were in critical condition,he said. "At 9:30 am (0230GMT) the death toll was 158,at 10:30 am the figure rose to 174 deaths, "Dardak said.

A hospital director told local Television that one of the victims was five years old.