"Have you heard about this? French Ligue 1 football players protested the tear gas tragedy that happened in Indonesia," reads Indonesian-language text in a video posted on Instagram here on October 4, 2022.
The 44-second video, which has been viewed more than 119,000 times, shows a football player covering his nose with his shirt as others appear to leave the pitch.
The post's caption falsely claims players covered their noses as a protest gesture over "the use of tear gas which violated FIFA regulations" and "as a form of respect to Aremania".
The video circulated after a pitch invasion and a stampede prompted by police firing tear gas left more than 130 people dead at the Kanjuruhan stadium in the Indonesian city of Malang on October 1, 2022.
Most of those who died were Malang's Arema FC supporters, known as Aremania.
Local media reported on October 24 that the death toll from the stadium tragedy -- one of the worst in the history of the sport -- had climbed to 135.
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