Egypt football violence: ‘I saw people with knives and swords’

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Egypt football violence: ‘I saw people with knives and swords’

Witnesses give their account of clashes between Al Ahly and Al Masry supporters in Port Said as country mourns 74 deadMohamed Hamouda was celebrating the third goal by his team, Al Masry, when a policeman standing near the playing field caught his eye. “A police officer told supporters to come on to the pitch,” Hamouda claimed in the aftermath of Egypt’s deadliest night of football violence, which killed 74 people and wounded hundreds more.