73 dead in violence at Egyptian football match

Albadry Farghali, a member of parliament for Port Said, accused officials and security forces of allowing the disaster, saying they still had ties to the government of Mubarak, who was overthrown a year ago.
“The security forces did this or allowed it to happen. The men of Mubarak are still ruling. The head of the regime has fallen but all his men are still in their positions,” he screamed in a telephone call to live television.
“Where is the security? Where is the government?”
A number of policemen were among the dead, a medical source and witnesses said.
Many of the fans involved were hardline supporters of Ahli who fought during last year’s revolution with police, one of the most hated arms of Mubarak’s state.
These “ultras” again battled with police in and around Cairo’s Tahrir Square in November and December last year in protests calling for the military to hand over power to civilians immediately.

Eglinton wrote: »

Taking Injury Time to a whole new level....

finbarrk wrote: »

That's why serious issues shouldn't be discussed on this particular forum. Too many clowns here.

dfx- wrote: »

They had nowhere to run by some accounts. The gates were locked and the floodlights were switched off. The fans in that stand were essentially fed to the locals. They had no way out. Some official somewhere had decided before the game that not all those fans in that end were going to get out alive.

Announcing the names of those that died. People here in the train station crowded around tv.Guys sobbing their eyes out

3 protests in #Egypt now. In PortSaid by residents defending image, in Cairo by Ultras outside train station, in Suez outside police hq

500 from Ultras attacking Police Headquarters in #Suez , the police is answering back by throwing tear gas

Ahly Ultras train arrived from #Portsaid after the massacre chants rocking the station:People demand Field Marshal executed

• the fans were not searched on entry to the stadium. Not for tickets, weapons, explosives. Just allowed to walk in.
• Inflammatory signs were allowed to be displayed during the game, causing anger to build.
• No attempt was made to stop people rushing the pitch.
• There were armed men outside the stadium waiting for "Ultras" (Ahly fans) to leave the stadium. They shot the exiting fans.
• When the locals in Port Said heard gunshots they attempted to go into the stadium to save people. This is when the doors to the stadium were shut.
• The army inexplicably left Port Said hospital unattended for the first time since the revolution. Reports say the armed men made their way to the hospital.