17 killed in Indonesian boxing match stampede

Seventeen people were killed in a stadium stampede after spectators rioted in protest over a local boxer losing a championship match in eastern Indonesia, officials said.

Youth and Sports Minister Roy Suryo said the victims – 11 of them women – were trampled to death as about 1,500 spectators scrambled out of the overcrowded Kota Lama Sport Stadium to escape the riot that broke out just before midnight.