Al-Ahly players escaped from the field as al-Masry fans rushed to the pitch after Wednesday’s match in Port Said [AFP]
Egypt has declared three days of mourning for at least 74 people who died at a football stadium amid violent clashes between rival supporters in the northern city of Port Said.
Angry members of parliament denounced the lack of security at the match and gathered for an emergency session on Thursday, a day after violence erupted following an upset victory by home team al-Masry over Cairo’s top club, al-Ahly.
Earlier, Essam el-Erian, a politician from the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice party, said the military and police were complicit in the violence, accusing them of trying to show that emergency regulations giving security forces wide-ranging powers must be maintained.
“This tragedy is a result of intentional reluctance by the military and the police,” he said.
Mohamed Ibrahim, Egypt’s interior minister, said many of the victims had died in a crush of people at the stadium.
At least 52 people have been arrested and authorities said the search for suspects linked to the violence was continuing.
Activists scheduled rallies for Thursday outside the headquarters of the interior ministry in Cairo to protest against
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