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74 killed in Egyptian football match riot
Source: Xinhua |
February 2, 2012, Thursday
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THE death toll of a football match riot in Egypt's Port Said rose to 74 with hundreds of others injured, state media reported yesterday night.
Fans rushed to the stadium field where el-Masry, a Port Said team, beat the most popular national team el-Ahly three to one in an Egyptian premier league.
Due to insufficient security, most of the fans entered the stadium with sticks in their hands and supporters of the two rival teams started fighting each other.
Two Ahly players are reportedly slightly injured in the clash.
The riot was caused by some insulting posters carried by the Ahly fans, Nile TV reported. One of the posters read "Port Said is like rubbish and it has no men."
Chief of Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, Hussein Tantawi, ordered two military helicopters to transfer the players, fans and the injured to the capital Cairo.
Egyptian Prosecutor General Abdel Maguid Mahmoud ordered an investigation into the riot. The parliament will hold an emergency session today over the incident.
A match between Zamalik and Ismaily, held in Cairo International Stadium, was cancelled after the first half finished yesterday evening.
When the technical mangers of the two teams heard about what happened in Port Said, they decided to cancel the match for the safety of their players.
A big fire erupted in the Cairo stadium when the fans started to set ablaze the flags and posters in a protest against the cancellation.
Some people stood in the middle of the stadium in solidarity with the dead in Port Said.
The riot in Port Said expanded to the streets outside the stadium, forcing the nearby shops to close down.
Fans rushed to the stadium field where el-Masry, a Port Said team, beat the most popular national team el-Ahly three to one in an Egyptian premier league.
Due to insufficient security, most of the fans entered the stadium with sticks in their hands and supporters of the two rival teams started fighting each other.
Two Ahly players are reportedly slightly injured in the clash.
The riot was caused by some insulting posters carried by the Ahly fans, Nile TV reported. One of the posters read "Port Said is like rubbish and it has no men."
Chief of Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, Hussein Tantawi, ordered two military helicopters to transfer the players, fans and the injured to the capital Cairo.
Egyptian Prosecutor General Abdel Maguid Mahmoud ordered an investigation into the riot. The parliament will hold an emergency session today over the incident.
A match between Zamalik and Ismaily, held in Cairo International Stadium, was cancelled after the first half finished yesterday evening.
When the technical mangers of the two teams heard about what happened in Port Said, they decided to cancel the match for the safety of their players.
A big fire erupted in the Cairo stadium when the fans started to set ablaze the flags and posters in a protest against the cancellation.
Some people stood in the middle of the stadium in solidarity with the dead in Port Said.
The riot in Port Said expanded to the streets outside the stadium, forcing the nearby shops to close down.
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