Fury at Fifa chief's kickabout in Indonesia after stadium tragedy


Gianni Infantino, president of football's world governing body FIFA, presenting a souvenir ball to Indonesian President Joko Widodo during a joint press statement at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Oct 18, 2022. - AFP

JAKARTA (AFP): Photos of Fifa's president laughing and high-fiving in a football match with local officials weeks after a stadium disaster killed 133 people in Indonesia sparked online fury in the country on Wednesday (Oct 19).

More than 40 children were among those killed in the stampede on Oct 1, one of the deadliest disasters in football history.

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