Mercusuar.co, Malang – After the East Java Derby match, the players and the Persebaya official team were immediately evacuated by security officers to avoid things that were not desirable.
Persebaya players and team officials were transported using barracuda vehicles so that they were safe from attacks by the home team (Aremania) supporters.
It is known that the match week 11 of Liga 1 2022/2023 occurred in the East Java Derby which brought together Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya, ending with a score of 2-3, Saturday (1/10/2022) night WIB at the Kanjuruhan Stadium, Malang.
Arema FC’s two goals were scored by Abel Camará 42′, 45+1′ while the goals for the visitors Persebaya were scored by SRP Júnior 8′, Leo Lelis 32′ and S. Yamamoto 51.
The defeat of the host Arema FC in the Derby match made Arema (Aremania) supporters take to the field as soon as the match was over.
As soon as the referee blew the long whistle, Aremania flocked to the field because they could not accept their favorite team losing. They caused chaos in the stadium so that the atmosphere was not conducive.
From the monitoring of the MNC Portal Indonesia team at the location, there were two Arema FC supporters who were confirmed to have died on the spot. This is known from the club attributes used by the two victims.
However, the identities of the two victims have not yet been identified. What is clear is that they were found dead when they tried to be helped by the media colleagues on duty, as quoted from sportstars.id.
It was observed that the supporters were hitting each other with various objects they carried. The security officers also struggled to deal with the chaos.
Source : mercusuar.co
