Incident comes weeks after greater than 130 folks, together with 40 kids, died in a soccer stadium crush in Java.
Okay-pop band NCT 127 was pressured to finish their first live performance in Indonesia early after 30 folks fainted in a crush.
Indonesia continues to be reeling after greater than 130 folks, together with at the very least 40 kids, died in a stadium crush final month – one of many deadliest disasters in soccer historical past.
Police spokesperson Endra Zulpan mentioned late on Friday the live performance close to the capital, Jakarta, had been going for 2 hours when followers began surging ahead to get nearer to the stage.
“Due to it 30 folks fainted. To stop different incidents, we determined to cease the live performance,” Zulpan mentioned, including the collapsed followers recovered with out critical damage.
Simply earlier than the crush, the boy band had been handing out freebies to followers, 19-year-old concertgoer Syifa Aulia mentioned.
Followers within the again pushed in the direction of the stage till the barricade fences collapsed, she added.
“We’re disillusioned by these followers. We have been warned to not push one another, even by the NCT 127 members. However they have been so egocentric. Only for good footage, they ignored different’s security,” mentioned Aulia.
‘We’re sorry’
Police have allowed the second day of NCT 127’s live performance to go forward on Saturday night time, however banned distribution of goodies to followers and required stricter measures to separate them from performers.
“To make amends for [the crush] and provides the very best expertise, we are going to add extra paramedics and safety personnel for the Day 2 present,” live performance organiser Dyandra International Edutainment mentioned on Instagram.
Fan Miftahul Janna, 18, mentioned the followers “actually apologise” to the band.
“We’re sorry as a result of now we have made you are concerned in your first live performance in Indonesia. From this incident, we hope we will higher adjust to the security laws and care extra about others,” she mentioned.
The tragedy comes as Indonesia is scheduled to host the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Might and June subsequent yr.
Final weekend, police cancelled the third day of the Berdendang Bergoyang music competition in Jakarta after almost 30 folks fainted due to overcapacity.
That very same day, greater than 150 folks have been killed in a crowd surge at a Halloween get together in Seoul. The catastrophe is amongst South Korea’s deadliest since a 2014 ferry sinking that killed 304 folks, primarily highschool college students.