10 Crushed To Death, 6 Injured In Stampede At Indonesian Rock Concert

Jakarta, Indonesia (AHN) - Ten people were crushed to death and at least six others were wounded when hundreds of fans of a famous Indonesian rock band caused a stampede at a jam packed concert Saturday in Bandung, capital of West Java in Indonesia, police said Sunday.

According to witnesses, hundreds of teenage fans of the heavy metal band group "Besides" attended the concert at a building in Bandung with a capacity for only 700 people. Hundreds of fans were trying to get out of the crowded building while hundreds more were surging to get in causing people to be trampled or crushed to death.

Police said, "Besides," the most popular and most sought after heavy metal band in Indonesia, held a concert in the city to launch their latest album.

An estimate by a local newspaper said that around 1,500 fans of the rock group attended the concert, although the venue has a capacity for only 1,000 people. There were hundreds more outside wanting to get inside the venue.

Due to the heavy crowd inside the Asia Africa Arts Hall, the site of the concert, hundreds tried to get out of the building, while others were trying to get in.

Police said most of the dead were teenagers and they were now conducting investigation into the incident.

The organizer of the event is being questioned by authorities who say this was the first time in Indonesia's history that people were killed because of a rock concert.