The Al-Masry verdict
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nairiporter21 fans sentenced to death for football riot
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/world-football-21-fans-sentenced-death-football-riot-110323711.html
An Egyptian court has sentence 21 football fans to death for taking part in a riot at a match last year in which 74 people were killed.
Around 1,000 people were injured in the extraordinary riot on February 1 last year, which took place when fans of local side Al-Masry clashed with fans of Cairo team Al-Ahly after Masry had beaten the away team 3-1.
Those killed were had either been crushed in the stampede to escape the stadium, caught in explosions or fell from the stadium walls, according to witnesses.
As the judge announced the sentence at the court in Cairo, relatives of the victims cheered and wailed in relief, shouting "God is great".
But shortly after the verdict was announced there were violent scenes at the prison where most of the defendants are being held, with two policemen shot dead as families of the condemned tried to storm the building.
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/world-football-21-fans-sentenced-death-football-riot-110323711.html
An Egyptian court has sentence 21 football fans to death for taking part in a riot at a match last year in which 74 people were killed.
Around 1,000 people were injured in the extraordinary riot on February 1 last year, which took place when fans of local side Al-Masry clashed with fans of Cairo team Al-Ahly after Masry had beaten the away team 3-1.
Those killed were had either been crushed in the stampede to escape the stadium, caught in explosions or fell from the stadium walls, according to witnesses.
As the judge announced the sentence at the court in Cairo, relatives of the victims cheered and wailed in relief, shouting "God is great".
But shortly after the verdict was announced there were violent scenes at the prison where most of the defendants are being held, with two policemen shot dead as families of the condemned tried to storm the building.
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Date: 2013-02-03 10:57 am (UTC)