「選手の腕の中で亡くなったファンも」　インドネシアのサッカー暴動

【マランＡＦＰ＝時事】１日にインドネシア東ジャワ州マランのサッカースタジアムで起きた暴動で、少なくとも１２５人が死亡、３２３人が負傷した件で、試合を戦ったアレマのハビエル・ロカ監督は２日、「選手の腕の中で亡くなったファン」もいたと明かし、催涙ガスを使用した警察は「一線を越えた」と主張した。（写真はインドネシア東ジャワ州マランにあるカンジュルハン・スタジアムで発生した暴動後、男性を抱えて運ぶ人々）
　暴動はアレマが２－３で宿敵ペルセバヤ・スラバヤに敗れた試合後に発生。警察によると、ピッチに乱入したホームのアレマファンを客席に戻そうとし、催涙ガスを使用した。死者の多くは踏みつけられたことなどによる圧死や、窒息死だという。スタジアムは４万２０００人を収容可能で、当局によれば当日は満員。警察は３０００人がピッチに乱入したとしている。
　チリ出身のロカ監督はスペインのラジオ局カデナ・セルに対し、「犠牲者がチームドクターの処置を受けている瞬間が一番恐ろしかった。２０人近くが来て、４人が亡くなった。選手の腕の中で亡くなったファンもいた」とコメント。「精神的にやられている。重荷と責任の重さも感じている」と話した。
　また、警察の対応は過剰だったと批判し、スタジアムの体制は全く準備が整っていなかったと指摘。「スタジアムの準備ができておらず、彼らがこのような混乱を予想していなかったことが証明された」とし、「警察は一線を越えたと思う」と訴えた。「映像を見れば、別のやり方もあったはずだ。どんなに重要な試合でも、命を失うに値するほどの結果なんてない」【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2022/10/03-15:22）

Chilean football coach Javier Roca on Sunday said fans died in the arms of players and claimed tear gas-firing police fatally over-stepped the mark in the Indonesian football tragedy which claimed at least 125 lives.
The disaster happened when fans of Arema FC stormed the pitch at the Kanjuruhan stadium after their team lost 3-2 to bitter rivals, Persebaya Surabaya.
Police said 323 people were also injured in what is one of the world's deadliest sporting stadium disasters.
The most terrible thing was when victims came to be treated by the team doctor. About 20 people arrived and four died. Fans died in the arms of players, Arema coach Roca told Spanish broadcaster Cadena Ser.
I'm mentally shattered. I feel a heavy burden, even a heavy responsibility.
Police, who described the unrest as riots, said they tried to force the thousands of fans to return to the stands from the pitch and fired tear gas after two officers were killed.
Many of the victims were trampled or choked to death, according to police.
The stadium holds 42,000 people and authorities said it was a sell-out. Police said 3,000 people stormed the pitch.
The 45-year-old Roca, who has spent a large part of his career in Indonesia, described how the full extent of the tragedy unfolded in the immediate aftermath of the game on Saturday night.
After the match, I went to the dressing room, and some players stayed on the pitch. Returning from the press conference, I saw the tragedy, he added.
The boys passed by with victims in their arms. Results dictate us and determine what happens in the end. If we were drawing, it wouldn't have happened.
Roca accused police of over-reacting and that the stadium was woefully under-prepared.
It was proved that the stadium was not ready, they didn't expect such chaos. Nothing like this had ever happened at the stadium, and it fell apart because of the number of people who wanted to escape, added Roca.
I think the police overstepped their mark, even though I wasn't out there and didn't experience the outcome.
But looking at the images, they could have used other techniques. There is no result in a match, no matter how important, that is worth losing a life.