JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse hundreds of football fans who tried to attend a closed-doors match on Friday, officials said, four months after the country suffered one of the world's deadliest stadium stampedes.
Tickets were sold out for the derby match between PSIS Semarang and Persis Solo but police decided on Thursday to bar spectators over security concerns, the provincial governor said, among protocols introduced after 135 people died at a game in Malang in October.
Fans threw rocks at police, who responded with tear gas and water cannon, local television footage showed. There were no immediate reports of casualties and police did not immediately respond to a request for comment. "Police must have their own judgment and considerations on the security aspects," Ganjar said by phone.
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