More than a dozen people have been arrested after supporters of a rival team clubbed an Indonesian football fan to death with iron bars and planks, police said Monday. The Indonesian football association expressed its "deep condolences". "We hope this kind of incident will not happen again in Indonesian football," it said in a statement. Sirla was the 70th Indonesian football fan to die in match-related violence since 1994, said analyst Marhali. "In the past there hasn't been any firm punishment for violence and vandalism... it's become a habit in Indonesian football."

Source: Bangkok Post September 24, 2018 08:48 UTC