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Indonesian court begins trial against 5 men on charges of negligence leading to deaths of 135 football fans

Fans carry an injured man following clashes during a football match at Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java, Indonesia [Yudha Prabowo/AP Photo]

An Indonesian court began trial Monday against five men on charges of negligence leading to the deaths of 135 people after police fired tear gas inside a soccer stadium, setting off a panicked run for the exits in which many were crushed.

The deadly crowd surge Oct. 1 in East Java's Malang city was among the world's worst sporting disasters. Police officers fired tear gas when fans flooded the pitch after Arema FC was defeated in a home match for the first time in 23 years by rival Persebaya Surabaya.

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