Families of the victims of Al-Ahli fans react in court after the Port Said Criminal Court ordered death sentence for 21 defendants over the Port Said massacre, which killed more than 70 in last February, in Cairo, capital of Egypt, on Jan. 26, 2013. (Xinhua/Str)
CAIRO, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- At least 25 people were killed and more than 250 others injured in clashes that erupted Saturday outside an Egyptian prison between security forces and family members of 21 convicts who were sentenced to death over the Port Said riot last year, Egyptian state TV and official Nile TV reported.
After the Port Said Criminal Court on Saturday ordered death sentence for 21 defendants over the Port Said disaster, which killed more than 70 in February last year, families of the convicts violently attempted to break into the prison where they are detained.
As many as 73 defendants, including nine top security officials, were arrested after tragic riots at Port Said Stadium following a soccer match between Port Said's al-Masry and Cairo's al-Ahly teams.
"The final verdict for the rest of them will be announced on March 9," said Sobhy Abdel-Meguid, the presiding judge of Port Said Criminal Court.
While the situation was inflamed in Port Said, thousands of Cairo-based soccer fans expressed overwhelming happiness after Saturday's verdict. The fans, who had vowed earlier to retaliate for their murdered fellows, celebrated the court decision in front of their club and then moved to Tahrir square.
CAIRO, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Cairo Criminal Court on Saturday ordered death sentence for 21 defendants over Port Said massacre which killed more than 70 in February last year.
Seventy-three defendants, including nine top security officials, were arrested after a tragedy clash at Port Said Stadium during a match between Port Said's al-Masry and Cairo's al-Ahly soccer teams.Full story
CAIRO, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- On the eve of the second anniversary of Egypt's Jan. 25 "uprising", angry soccer fans dubbed "Ultras Ahlawy" vowed to die in retaliation for over 70 fellow fans who were killed in early February last year in a stampede at Port Said Stadium after a match between Port Said's al-Masry and Cairo's al- Ahly.
"Jan. 26 will be a decisive day in the lives of many people, and it may be the end of the lives of other people who seek the right even if it costs them their souls," the Ultras, who refuse to talk to media outlets, said in a statement Thursday posted on their Facebook page.Full story
