Indonesian court jails soccer officials for role in deadly stadium crush

Two Indonesian soccer officials were sentenced up to 18 months in prison by a court on Thursday over a deadly stadium crush last year that killed more than 130 people and injured hundreds more in what was one of the sport’s worst disasters, Report informs via CNN.

The sentences were the first jailings handed down by Indonesia’s courts over a tragedy that shocked the nation and sparked widespread anger toward local police who fired tear gas into a dangerously over-crowded stadium in the East Java province last October.

But relatives and campaigners criticized the length of the sentences and said more police officers should be in the dock.

Three police officials who are also charged with negligence will have their cases heard at a later date.