BelitongToday, Tanjungpandan – More than a hundred football fans from various communities gathered at the zero point in the center of Tanjungpandan City, Belitung Regency, Bangka Belitung Islands, Thursday (10/6) night.
Hundreds of people consisting of football fans of the Arema FC club (Aremania), Persib Bandung (Viking Belitong, Maung Pande), Persebaya (Bonek Belitong), Madura United, Belitong FC (Biak Belitong), and the motorcycle club community gathered to pray together and conveyed the declaration of peaceful supporters refers to the Kanjuruhan incident, Malang.
As is known, the football match between Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya on Saturday (10/1) night at the Kanjuruhan Stadium, Malang, East Java, was marred by the loss of hundreds of lives of Arema supporters for a riot broke out shortly after the match was over.
Action coordinator and chairman of Biak Belitong, Apriliansyah said the football supporters alliance in Belitung Regency strongly condemned the tragedy that occurred at the Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, last October 1. According to official data, 131 people have died.
“We hope that this disaster will be the last and will not be repeated in the future, anywhere, anytime, and between anyone,” Apriliansyah said to BelitongToday.
According to him, this action was purely an act of solidarity as a form of deep sorrow for the Kanjuruhan tragedy. This action was only prepared for two days but received a positive response from fellow supporters in Belitung who was quite crowded.
“We believe that the government can uncover and unravel what really happened in Kanjuruhan, Malang, especially now that the President has formed an independent fact-finding team for what happened in Kanjuruhan,” said April, his nickname.
In the same place, the chairman of Viking Belitong, Hendra said this tragedy was a dark history for Indonesian football since there were so many people died in the incident. It was certain that the mothers of the victims will hate football forever after this incident.
“We hope that this kind of tragedy does not happen again, let this be the last time because there is no football that is worth a life,” said Hendra.
After voicing their aspirations, these supporters then held a prayer together, conveyed the supporters’ declaration of peace, then lit candles. (admin)
