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| Football riot: Egypt death sentences upheld by court | |
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| An Egyptian court has upheld death sentences for 11 men over their involvement in deadly football stadium violence in 2012 in Port Said. | An Egyptian court has upheld death sentences for 11 men over their involvement in deadly football stadium violence in 2012 in Port Said. |
| The violence followed a match between the al-Ahly and al-Masry clubs in February of that year, and left 74 football fans dead. | The violence followed a match between the al-Ahly and al-Masry clubs in February of that year, and left 74 football fans dead. |
| The riots - Egypt's worst-ever football disaster - began after a top-league game at the stadium. | The riots - Egypt's worst-ever football disaster - began after a top-league game at the stadium. |
| The violence sparked unrest in the capital, Cairo, where another 16 died. | The violence sparked unrest in the capital, Cairo, where another 16 died. |
| The verdict came as part of a retrial of 73 defendants in the case, in which another 40 defendants were sentenced to up to 15 years in prison. | |
| Other defendants were acquitted. The verdicts can be appealed against. | |
| Port Said 2012 football deaths | |
| •74 people killed in Port Said stadium on 2 February 2012 | |
| •Clashes broke out between rival fans of clubs al-Masry and al-Ahly | |
| •Fans flooded on to pitch attacking al-Ahly players and fans as match ended | |
| •Most died of concussion, cuts and suffocation | |
| Several police officers were tried in the case. | |
| None were among those who received death sentences, but Port Said's former security chief was sentenced to five years in prison. | |
| Police were accused of letting fans from the local team al-Masry attack supporters of Cairo club al-Ahly, who had been vocal in supporting the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak. | |
| Many of the dead were crushed when panicked fans tried to escape from the stadium after a post-match pitch invasion by al-Masry supporters. | |
| During the violence, the then-President Mohammed Morsi declared a state of emergency in the city. |