Death in the Afternoon

Four teenage girls died at a pop group's meet-the-fans event. An unbelievable tragedy at a shopping mall in broad daylight—on a Sunday.

March 27, 2001

What teenager wouldn't give their eyeteeth to meet their idols in person? A lack of oxygen and—literally—crushed bodies wouldn't matter to them. But this is exactly what happened Sunday last week on the third floor of Taman Anggrek Mall in West Jakarta. About 3,000 teenage girls packed the Tarra music store and surrounding corridors. They were impatient to meet in person the singers who make up the a1 pop group—four cute young boy

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