Sunday, January 27, 2013

Thirty die in riots after Egyptian court sentences 21 to death for football violence which killed 74 fans

An Egyptian court today sentenced 21 people to death after they were involved in a riot following a football match in which 74 people were killed. The controversial verdict prompted further bloodshed, as 30 people were killed during reactionary riots outside the Mediterranean city of Port Said's main jail today. The unrest is part of a wave of violence that has swept Egypt, leaving a total of 38 people dead in two days.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2268636/Egypt-riots-Twenty-sevendie-court-sentences-21-death-football-violence-killed-74-fans.html

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