Football riots in Egypt - many people killed

[Newport]

Al Masry v Al Ahli. At least 73 people killed and hundreds injured. Plus the stadium is in flames allegedly Riot police stands by and does fuck all. Terrible scenes.

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[Lee909]

Fuck me,sounds terrible.

Is it football related or to do with he political situation

[General Dryness]

Horrendous, I've just heard this on the radio here at work.

 

Reports are saying they've no idea how it started at the moment.

[Newport]

Fuck me,sounds terrible.

Is it football related or to do with he political situation

 

Not sure, but from what I've read they are fierce rivals and the lack of police attending due to the political situation has probably caused it to escalate. Allegedly the home fans attacked the away fans and players after the game the home team won 3-1 causing a crush and people being trampled down when they tried to escape.

[magicrat]

Sky reporting that a number of Scousers wearing Suarez shirts were seen making monkey gestures in crowd. More to follow

[Guest ShoePiss]

More than 70 dead in Egyptian soccer pitch invasion | Reuters

(Reuters) - 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."

 

"This is unfortunate and deeply saddening. It is the biggest disaster in Egypt's soccer history," deputy health minister Hesham Sheiha told state television.

 

Violence at football matches across north Africa has increased significantly since political unrest sweeping across the region began more than a year ago.

 

Wednesday's trouble flared at the end of a match when Port Said team al-Masry beat Al Ahli, one of Egypt's most successful clubs, 3-1.

 

Live television footage showed fans running onto the field and chasing Ahli players. A small group of riot police formed a corridor to try to protect the players, but they appeared overwhelmed and fans were still able to kick and punch the players as they fled.

 

"This is not football. This is a war and people are dying in front of us. There is no movement and no security and no ambulances," Ahli player Mohamed Abo Treika told his club's television channel.

 

"I call for the premier league to be cancelled. This is horrible situation and today can never be forgotten."

 

State television reported that Egypt's football federation had indefinitely delayed premier league matches.

 

Another match in Cairo was halted by the referee after receiving news of the violence in Port Said, prompting fans to set parts of the stadium on fire, television footage showed.

[Barzini]

Horrible that. What's the point of police being there if they're just going to stand about and watch? Useless bastards.

[magicrat]

Horrible that. What's the point of police being there if they're just going to stand about and watch? Useless bastards.

Saw that, some of them seemed to be laughing as well.

[Newport]

UPDATE 4: More than 70 fans die in football clashes in Port Said - Egyptian Football - Sports - Ahram Online

 

At least 70 Ahly and Masry fans die and hundreds wounded following riots at the end of Wednesday's Egyptian Premier League game in Port Said

 

 

 

 

 

Mohamad Mosselhi, Wednesday 1 Feb 2012

 

BREAKING: Fire put out at Cairo Stadium

 

 

Egyptian League postponed for indefinite period

 

 

 

 

 

Zamalek v Ismaily game cancelled after Port Said clashes

 

 

 

 

 

Fans storm pitch as Masry comeback hands Ahly first defeat

 

 

 

The Egyptian health ministry has announced that more than 70 supporters were killed after thousands of Masry fans invaded the pitch following the team’s 3-1 Egyptian Premier League victory over Ahly on Wednesday.

 

"There are 11 deaths at my hospital. Two other hospitals have 25 deaths. Three fans have also died in the stadium," Medhat El-Esnawy, the manager of Port Said's El-Amiry hospital, said in a television interview.

 

“Some died in the stampede and others died of suffocation.”

 

Egyptian Football Association (EFA) chairman Samir Zaher announced the league had been postponed for an indefinite period in the wake of the deadly clashes.

 

Ahly’s panicked players flooded the club’s in-house television channel with phone calls to speak about the post-match horror and call on authorities to intervene and protect them.

 

“The security forces left us, they did not protect us. One fan has just died in the dressing room in front of me,” veteran playmaker Mohamed Abou-Treika screamed during a phone call with the club’s channel.

 

“People have died, we are seeing corpses now. There are no security forces or army personnel to protect us,” attacking midfielder Mohamed Barakat added.

 

“It is our fault because we played that match. The authorities are afraid to cancel the league because they just care about money, they do not care about the lives of people.”

 

Thousands of Masry fans stormed the pitch immediately after the final whistle, chasing Ahly players and technical staff members, who ran for their lives. They subsequently clashed with Ahly’s visiting supporters as the melee escalated.

 

Later in the day, Zamalek’s league game against Ismaily in Cairo was called off following the end of the first half upon the request of both teams.

 

The outer part of one of Cairo Stadium’s four stands caught fire after an electrical short circuit. Fire brigade trucks rushed to the scene to extinguish the fire.

 

“We are in a catastrophe. We had to show solidarity with the fans of Ahly and Masry,” Zamalek coach Hassan Shehata said.

 

Alexandria-based clubs Ittihad and Smouha announced their withdrawal from the league competition. Many TV analysts have also called on authorities to suspend football activities in the reeling country.

[Lee909]

Just seen on twitter some reports that some of the deaths are from stabbings,only claim of a body with eyes gouged out.

Only reports,sad bloody day.

[Newport]

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[Trumo]

Shameful.

[Anubis]

Horrible situation.

[Joso]

If I were in there I'd lay in a corner and play dead....

[VladimirIlyich]

Some reports on twitter say the police locked fans in the stadium as they were supporters of the recent revolution.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Fucking disgrace and so sad for all those who have died.

[Newport]

Some reports on twitter say the police locked fans in the stadium as they were supporters of the recent revolution.

 

Yes, seems to be payback from the police and security forces because Al-Ahly's ultras together with their rivals Zamalek's ultras was/are a driving force in the Tahrir Square protests. Also they are allegedly being singled out by the Muslim Brotherhood, probably because they are seen as a threat, so in reality they are being attacked from several angles.

[The Flâneur]

People now being sacked due to catastrophic incompetence at a football match? now there's a novel idea.