EGYPT: Riots over the two-season ban of soccer club al-Masry leave one person dead

Record ID: 861995

  • Title: EGYPT: Riots over the two-season ban of soccer club al-Masry leave one person dead
  • Date: 25th March 2012
  • Summary: PORT SAID, EGYPT (MARCH 24, 2012) (REUTERS) SMOKING UPENDED GARBAGE BIN ON STREET VARIOUS OF DEBRIS LEFT FROM RIOT VARIOUS OF EXTERIOR OF CLOSED GATED TO SUEZ CANAL AUTHORITY BUILDING, WHERE THE RIOT TOOK PLACE
  • Embargoed: 9th April 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Egypt, Egypt
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  • Country: Egypt
  • Topics: Crime,Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVA8N0YT9D0KRPDDYGPQGHLTLGKF
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  • Story Text: Smoking debris litters the streets of Egypt's Port Said on Saturday (March 24) after one person was shot dead and 18 injured in clashes between security forces and angry soccer fans.
    The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) said the Club al-Masry was banned for two seasons following a pitch invasion that killed 74 fans last month when Port Said-based al-Masry beat Cairo's Al Ahli, the most successful club in Africa.
    Port Said Stadium, where the stampede took place, will be closed for three years, the EFA said.
    Witnesses said military police fired shots in the air to disperse hundreds of soccer fans protesting outside the Suez Canal Authority building in Port Said.
    The clashes began late on Friday and continued into the early hours of Saturday.
    The EFA said in a statement that Masry's soccer activities would be suspended for the 2011/12 and 2012/13 seasons. The club is to be reinstated to the Premier League in the 2013/14 season.
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