17 die in Indonesian boxing match stampede: police

TIMIKA: Seventeen spectators were crushed to death at a boxing match in remote eastern Indonesia after supporters of the loser started a riot, police said Monday."Seventeen people died in the crush, 12 of whom were women, and another 38 were injured and have been hospitalised for treatment," Papua provincial police spokesman I Gede Sumerta Jaya told.Around 1,500 people had watched the local championship match late Sunday night at a stadium in the town of Nabire when supporters angered by the

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