Incident on Stadium in Port Said

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Incident on Stadium in Port Said

At least 73 people died and 1,000 were injured on Wednesday in a stampede on a soccer stadium in Egypt, in what is by far the most tragic sports event in the history of Egypt, as people rushed into the pitch at the end of a soccer game.
The tragedy occurred in the city of Port Said, at the end of the match between local team Al-Masry and the leading Egyptian team Al-Ahly. Al-Masry supporters hurled sticks and stones at the players and the supporters of the rival team after a match their team won by 3 to 1, in an unexpected victory.
Footage shows players of Al-Ahly running towards the locker rooms as fist fights broke out all over the pitch invaded by supporters. A manager of the losing team was saved as he was being beaten. Police seemed to be overwhelmed.
Egyptian state prosecutor ordered an investigation into the incident, while the Egyptian Football Association declared that the championship is suspended indefinitely. The Egyptian parliament, recently established after the first free elections in the north African country, announced that an emergency session would be held.
The incident is the most brutal in the history of soccer since October 16, 1996, when a stampede caused 78 people to die and 180 to be injured on a Guatemala City stadium before a qualifying match between Guatemala and Costa Rica.
The causes of this event seem to have been related to tension accumulated even before the match started, as a supporter of the visiting team raised a banner that was containing an insulting message to the home team.
The visiting players were taken to the locker rooms, where they told the press that the atmosphere of the game was one of “terrorism.”
Health Ministry officials reported that most of the deaths were caused by concussions, deep cuts and suffocation provoked by the stampede.

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