Family of victim in Indonesia football tragedy questions why gates were shut and the use of tear gas

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The aunt and sister of 15-year-old Muhammad Nailul Author, who died in the stampede at Kanjuruhan Stadium, question the methods of crowd management at the match.
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MALANG, Indonesia - On the last day of his life, Muhammad Nailul Author, 15, washed his trail motorcycle and a pickup truck he was entrusted with by his father, who wanted him to learn how to make money from it.

Nailul also took his mother and only sister to a nearby meatball shop to buy takeaway food, and asked his sister to feed him the food as he drove them home.

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