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Premier League clubs pay tribute after disaster at Indonesian football match sees 174 people crushed to death and another 300 injured - as incident becomes one of the world's worst stadium disasters

Premier League clubs have paid tribute to the 174 people crushed to death during a tragic incident at an Indonesian football match.

The devastating scenes broke out after hosts Arema FC of East Java's Malang city losing to Persebaya Surabaya FC 3-2.

Fans flooded the Kanjuruhan Stadium pitch in protest and demanded that Arema management explain why, after 23 years of undefeated home games, this match ended in a loss, witnesses said.

Harrowing footage shows fans scaling fences as they try to escape tear gas smoke, which did not dissipate, with some falling to the ground and losing consciousness and being trampled under a stampede.