EGYPT: Protesters over the deaths of 74 soccer fans hold midday prayers in Cairo's Tahrir Square

Record ID: 861909

  • Title: EGYPT: Protesters over the deaths of 74 soccer fans hold midday prayers in Cairo's Tahrir Square
  • Date: 4th February 2012
  • Summary: CAIRO, EGYPT (FEBRUARY 3, 2012) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATORS DURING PRAYERS IN TAHRIR SQUARE VARIOUS OF MAN STANDING DURING PRAYERS VARIOUS OF IMAM MADHAR SHAHIN CONDUCTING PRAYERS ON STAGE DEMONSTRATORS HOLDING BANNER WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF MAN WHO DIED DURING UPRISING ON JANUARY 28, 2011 VARIOUS OF SHAHIN CONDUCTING PRAYERS ON STAGE VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATORS DURING PRAYERS
  • Embargoed: 19th February 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Egypt, Egypt
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  • Country: Egypt
  • Topics: Conflict,Domestic Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA8BOBTDGSJXQ9RC6FBAXX3KB5O
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  • Story Text: Hundreds of people protesting for a second day over the country's worst soccer tragedy which killed 74 people held midday prayers on Friday (February 3) at Cairo's Tahrir Square.
    Twenty-eight youth activist groups and political parties had called for mass protests on what was called the "Friday of Anger".
    Most of those killed in the Port Said football stadium on Wednesday (February 1) night were crushed in a stampede and the government declared three days of mourning, but protesters hold the military-led authorities responsible.
    It was country's deadliest incident since an uprising ousted Hosni Mubarak almost a year ago and it gave fresh impetus to regular street protests against Egypt's ruling generals.
    The Tahrir demonstrators held up the picture of a man who died in protests against the rule of Hosni Mubarak last year.
    They chanted "Allahu Akbar" (God is great) after the prayers. Many of them had camped in the square overnight.
    A demonstrator and an army officer were reported dead in Cairo and in the city of Suez two people were killed as police used live rounds to hold back crowds trying to break into a police station and fought in front of the state security headquarters.
    Close to 400 people have been hurt in the confrontations since Thursday, the Health Ministry said, many of them by inhaling teargas.
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