Violence strikes Egyptian football match

Dawn.com Published February 2, 2012
Egyptian riot police stand guard in Cairo Stadium during the first half of a match between Zamalek and Ismaili clubs in Cairo on February 1, 2012. ? AFP Photo
Egyptian riot police stand guard in Cairo Stadium during the first half of a match between Zamalek and Ismaili clubs in Cairo on February 1, 2012. ? AFP Photo
Riot police guard Al Ahli soccer players as they flee Port Said Stadium February 1, 2012. ? Reuters Photo
Riot police guard Al Ahli soccer players as they flee Port Said Stadium February 1, 2012. ? Reuters Photo
Egyptian fans rush into the field following Al-Ahly club soccer match against Al-Masry club at the soccer stadium in Port Said, Egypt Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. ? AP Photo
Egyptian fans rush into the field following Al-Ahly club soccer match against Al-Masry club at the soccer stadium in Port Said, Egypt Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. ? AP Photo
Egyptian fans of Al-Masry light flares during a football match against Al-Ahly in Port Said on February 1, 2012. ? AFP Photo
Egyptian fans of Al-Masry light flares during a football match against Al-Ahly in Port Said on February 1, 2012. ? AFP Photo
A wounded Egyptian fan of Al-Masry is escorted by a medic and a friend following clashes between rival football fans after a football match between Al-Masry and Al-Ahly in Port Said on February 1, 2012. ? AFP Photo
A wounded Egyptian fan of Al-Masry is escorted by a medic and a friend following clashes between rival football fans after a football match between Al-Masry and Al-Ahly in Port Said on February 1, 2012. ? AFP Photo
Flames rise from Cairo Stadium during the first half of a match between Zamalek and Ismaili clubs in Cairo on February 1, 2012. ? AFP Photo
Flames rise from Cairo Stadium during the first half of a match between Zamalek and Ismaili clubs in Cairo on February 1, 2012. ? AFP Photo
Egyptian fans of Al-Masry light flares during a football match against Al-Ahly in Port Said on February 1, 2012.? AFP Photo
Egyptian fans of Al-Masry light flares during a football match against Al-Ahly in Port Said on February 1, 2012.? AFP Photo
A policeman arrests an injured rioting soccer fan as chaos erupts at a soccer stadium in Port Said city, in Egypt, February 1, 2012. ? Reuters Photo
A policeman arrests an injured rioting soccer fan as chaos erupts at a soccer stadium in Port Said city, in Egypt, February 1, 2012. ? Reuters Photo
Egyptian medics wheel the body of a victim of football violence into a morgue in Cairo on February 2, 2012. ? AFP Photo
Egyptian medics wheel the body of a victim of football violence into a morgue in Cairo on February 2, 2012. ? AFP Photo
Egyptian fans clash with riot police following Al-Ahly club soccer match against Al-Masry club at the soccer stadium in Port Said, Egypt Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. ? AP Photo
Egyptian fans clash with riot police following Al-Ahly club soccer match against Al-Masry club at the soccer stadium in Port Said, Egypt Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. ? AP Photo
Police officers react as chaos erupts at a soccer stadium in Port Said city, Egypt, February 1, 2012. Seventy-three people were killed and at least 1,000 injured on Wednesday after a soccer pitch invasion in the Egyptian city of Port Said, a health ministry official said, in an incident that one player described as "a war, not football". ? Reuters Photo
Police officers react as chaos erupts at a soccer stadium in Port Said city, Egypt, February 1, 2012. Seventy-three people were killed and at least 1,000 injured on Wednesday after a soccer pitch invasion in the Egyptian city of Port Said, a health ministry official said, in an incident that one player described as "a war, not football". ? Reuters Photo
A brother of one of the soccer fans killed in Port Said stadium after clashes at an Egyptian soccer match reads the Koran next to his brother's body at a mosque in Port Said city February 2, 2012. The words on the side of the coffin read, "Honouring the dead". ? Reuters Photo
A brother of one of the soccer fans killed in Port Said stadium after clashes at an Egyptian soccer match reads the Koran next to his brother's body at a mosque in Port Said city February 2, 2012. The words on the side of the coffin read, "Honouring the dead". ? Reuters Photo
Egyptians crowd a train station waiting for their friends and relatives' arrival from Port Said in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Witnesses say scores of Egyptian soccer fans were stabbed to death while others suffocated, trapped in a long narrow corridor trying to flee rival fans armed with knives, clubs and stones in the country's worst ever soccer violence. ? AP Photo
Egyptians crowd a train station waiting for their friends and relatives' arrival from Port Said in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Witnesses say scores of Egyptian soccer fans were stabbed to death while others suffocated, trapped in a long narrow corridor trying to flee rival fans armed with knives, clubs and stones in the country's worst ever soccer violence. ? AP Photo
Blood is seen on a chair one day after supporters clashed at the Port Said stadium February 2, 2012. ? Reuters Photo
Blood is seen on a chair one day after supporters clashed at the Port Said stadium February 2, 2012. ? Reuters Photo
A man reacts after the arrival of people wounded in clashes in Port Said stadium, at Ramsis metro station in Cairo early February 2, 2012. ? Reuters Photo
A man reacts after the arrival of people wounded in clashes in Port Said stadium, at Ramsis metro station in Cairo early February 2, 2012. ? Reuters Photo
People wait for those wounded during clashes in Port Said stadium to arrive at Ramsis metro station in Cairo early February 2, 2012. ? Reuters Photo
People wait for those wounded during clashes in Port Said stadium to arrive at Ramsis metro station in Cairo early February 2, 2012. ? Reuters Photo

Three days of national mourning have been declared in Egypt following deadly clashes between rival football fans in the Egyptian city of Port Said. Fans of the Al-Masry club invaded the pitch after beating Al Ahli team 3-1 to setting of riots and stampede that killed over 70 people and injured hundred others. The incident is the deadliest since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak.

Elsewhere in the country, all Egyptian premier-league matches have been postponed indefinitely.  - Photos by Agencies

 

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Imran
Feb 03, 2012 01:55am
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