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Security lapses could have been responsible for the sad event, I believe the security put in place by the organizer of the match were overhelmed by the huge number of fans particularly the ticketless fan which lead to the stampede probably they never envisage that the match will attract huge numbers of fans especially those fans the breached the security parameters, however the authority should set up a committee to unravel the cause of the stampede and ways to prevent a future occurrence and if possible sanction anyone culpable for the lost of lives.
Like what happened in my country in the last few months. the Kanjuruhan riot claimed many victims, even the lives lost were estimated to exceed 130 people. something that is very heartbreaking, as a football lover I am very sad if there are still tragedies like this happening anywhere.
First of all who should take full responsibility is the organizers. why, because they do not have security standards that meet the standard requirements applied by FIFA and how to deal with them when there are riots like this. secondly, the lack of awareness of football fans from both sides. they knowingly tried to break into the stadium, despite not having tickets. this should not have happened if no one was behind this tragedy. the thing that needs to be addressed is, their safety standards. embracing FIFA could provide a solution to prevent incidents like this from happening again.
As was done in my country, the government took firm action and investigated the background that triggered the Kanjuruhan tragedy. temporarily freeze the league, punish the mastermind behind the action, hold the organizers accountable. plus, involving FIFA regarding security standards to deal with things like this in the future. I think the steps taken by my country can be followed by the football federations from both Iraq and Oman.