Egypt football violence spills over into Cairo clashes

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Egypt football violence spills over into Cairo clashes

Riot police use teargas and rubber bullets against hardcore fans determined to avenge deaths of 74 people in Port Said disasterA day of rage following Egypt’s worst football violence in decades spilled over into clashes between police and hardcore fans determined to avenge the deaths of 74 people in Wednesday’s disaster. Angry crowds converged at sunset on the northern end of Cairo’s Tahrir Square, to attack riot police and the Interior Ministry, which they accuse of being complicit in the violence at the stadium in the Mediterranean city of Port Said that besides the dead left at least 500 people wounded.

published date:Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:51:57 GMT
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