Egypt: 'At least 73' killed in Egypt football violence

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19. Egypt army, police blamed for soccer bloodshed

CBS/AP) CAIRO - Scores of Egyptian soccer fans were crushed to death while others were fatally stabbed or suffocated after being trapped in a long narrow corridor trying to flee rival fans armed with knives, clubs and stones, in the country's worst ever soccer violence that killed at least 78 people, according to Egypt's Health Ministry.


The tragedy Wednesday evening — which followed an Egyptian league match between Al-Masry, the home team in the Mediterranean city of Port Said, and Al-Ahly, based in Cairo and one of Egypt's most popular teams — was a bloody reminder of deteriorating security in the Arab world's most populous country, as instability continues nearly a year after former President Hosni Mubarak was swept out of power in a popular uprising.


It was also the deadliest soccer violence worldwide since 1996. One player said it was "like a war."

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