Al-Ahly players escaped from the field al-Masry fans rushed to the pitch after Wednesday’s match in Port Said [AFP]
Egypt deployed troops in the northern city of Port Said after deadly clashes following a football match killed 74 people.
“Egypt’s army has deployed troops in Port Said to prevent further clashes between fans of [football teams] Al-Ahly and Al-Masri,” state television reported on Wednesday, adding that the military had also secured the road out of the city.
Forty-seven people have been arrested in connection with the violent pitch invasion, the country’s interior minister said.
Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim said many of the victims had died in the crush of people at the stadium. Ibrahim told state television the search for suspects linked to the incident was continuing.
The head of the ruling military council, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, has vowed to track down those behind the violence in a rare phone call to an Egyptian TV channel.
“These kind of events can happen anywhere in the world but we will not let those behind this get away,” Tantawi said, speaking to the sports television channel owned by Al Ahly,
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