Ten killed in Indonesian stampede

Ten people have been killed and dozens injured in a stampede at a pop concert on the Indonesian island of Java.

The Indonesian guitar band Ungu had been playing to a stadium reportedly packed to double its 6,000 capacity.

The stampede happened when people tried to exit the stadium in Pekalongan which has only two narrow exits, police said.

The casualties were said to be mostly teenagers. The band's manager said tickets for the concert had sold out but denied the stadium was too full.

Local police sources said the stadium was over-filled as thousands of people had entered without tickets.

The problem, they said, was compounded by a lack of exit gates and a crowd of another 2,000 fans waiting on the road outside.

Police said the 10 fatalities suffocated or were trampled to death.

Hospital sources said 15 people had been admitted after the stampede. Three more are in intensive care and dozens of others were taken to local health clinics.

The BBC's Lucy Williamson in Jakarta says it is not the first time people have been injured at concerts in Indonesia, and fans regularly complain that concerts are overcrowded with those who have gained entry without buying tickets.