Indonesia to Demolish Football Stadium Where Crush Killed 133
The Indonesian football stadium where a stampede killed 133 people will be torn down and rebuilt.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com \- The Indonesian football stadium where a stampede killed 133 people will be torn down and rebuilt, President Joko Widodo said Tuesday, Oct. 18, as the head of FIFA pledged to help "reform and transform" the sport in the country. Gianni Infantino met Widodo in the capital Jakarta, just over two weeks after the tragedy, and a year before the Under-20 World Cup is due to be held in the Southeast Asian nation. More than 40 children were among those killed in the city of Malang, East Java on Oct. 1, in what Infantino described as "one of the darkest days for football". After s...