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GUARDIAN Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:13:09 GMT
Police fire teargas at crowds near interior ministry in Cairo as anger at football riot deaths continues
Egyptian police have shot dead two protesters in Suez, while crowds rallied outside Cairo's interior ministry building overnight as anger spread over the deaths of 74 people in a bloody riot at a football stadium.
The response to the scenes after the match on Wednesday night in the Mediterranean city of Port Said has taken on a wider political dimension amid claims police at best did nothing to prevent the violence and, at worst, actively helped instigate it.
In Suez a crowd of around 3,000 people demonstrated outside the police headquarters after news spread that one of the victims in the riot came from the city.
The riot started when supporters of al-Masry, the home team, stormed through open gates leading onto the pitch, first chasing players from Cairo's al-Ahly club and then their supporters. Police responded with teargas and opened fire, witnesses said, with officials..
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