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17 die in Indonesian boxing match stampede

Seventeen spectators were crushed to death at a boxing match in remote eastern Indonesia after supporters of the loser started a riot, police said on Monday.

Seventeen spectators were crushed to death at a boxing match in remote eastern Indonesia after supporters of the loser started a riot, police said on Monday.

"Seventeen people died in the crush, 12 of whom were women, and another 38 were injured and have been hospitalised for treatment," Papua police spokesman I Gede Sumerta Jaya told AFP.

Source: AFP
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