Cairo: Riots just after a football match on Wednesday in Port Said city of Egypt left 73 people dead and thousand others injured, local media reported.
According to French news wire service “Doctors in four hospitals told that the death toll had reached 73, as ambulances continued to ferry in the injured from the stadium”.
According to Ayesha Taryam, editor of The Gulf Today “68 dead and 200 injured at Port Said stadium”.
A security official said the violence erupted as soon as the referee blew the final whistle in the match between Al-Ahly and Al-Masri clubs.
Fans of Al-Masri, which beat Al-Ahly 3-0, invaded the pitch and began to throw rocks, bottles and fireworks at the Al-Ahly fans.
Eye witnesses in stadium claim that the reason of the tragedy in Port Said was the banner of Ahly fans which insulted Masry team.
“Its not about football. Its a massacre organized and planned” said Sally Zohney in her tweet about the incident.
While Ikhwanweb said SCAF’s inaction in confronting remnants of Mubarak’s regime makes it a co-conspirer in the counter-revolution destabilizing Egypt. “we hold SCAF and Police are fully responsible for Port Said’s massacre & the deteriorating security“ They also added.
Farah Saafan, video journalist of Daily News Egypt reported that “Ahly TV aired footage from locker room where players are aided injured people and team doctor performs some sort of surgery.”
In an official response to the clashes in Egypt’s Port Said the general prosecutor announced the commencing of an investigation into the violence.
Sameer Zaher, the head of the football union decided to halt the Egyptian national football league indefinitely as a response to the violence. Zaher announced the decision on state TV late Wednesday night, adding that the “situation has proven difficult and most probably we will cancel the entire season.”
England’s Liverpool football club has sent a message to Egypt in light of the violence that erupted following a match between Egyptian clubs.
Al-Ahly issued a statement giving their condolences for the 73 people killed and the hundreds who were injured following the club’s match. The club also announced a three-day mourning period starting Thursday and the suspension of all athletic and sport activities at the club.
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