World Football - Egyptian court confirms death sentences for 21 football fans

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An Egyptian court confirmed on Saturday death sentences given to 21 football fans for their role in a stadium riot in Port Said last year, a case which has provoked deadly clashes in the Suez Canal city.

The court also jailed two senior police officers for 15 years for their role in the riot in February 2012, in which more than 70 people died.

Unrest has plagued Port Said since the death sentences were first announced on January 26, with local residents who want the fans spared fighting pitched battles with police.

At least eight people have been killed this week, including three policemen.

The case has highlighted worsening law and order in much of Egypt since the overthrow of former President Hosni Mubarak two years ago.

The Islamist government of President Mohamed Mursi is struggling to halt the slide in security, hampered by a strike by some police in protests that are likely to be fuelled by Saturday's jail sentences for the senior officers.

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The 1989 Hillsborough disaster was an incident which occurred during the FA Cup semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest football clubs on 15 April 1989 at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England. The crush resulted in the deaths of 96 people and injuries to 766 others.

The incident has since been blamed primarily on the police.

Egtpt land of the pharaohs hanging is the only law???

[gc1966]

The 1989 Hillsborough disaster was an incident which occurred during the FA Cup semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest football clubs on 15 April 1989 at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England. The crush resulted in the deaths of 96 people and injuries to 766 others.

The incident has since been blamed primarily on the police.

Egtpt land of the pharaohs hanging is the only law???

sj,please do not tie those two incidents together or imply there are similarities in them

there was no violence at hillsborough and there was certainly no rioting amongst fans.you are obviously ignorant of the facts so do us all a favour and steer clear of such statements.

[johnboy1974]

World Football - Egyptian court confirms death sentences for 21 football fans

The 1989 Hillsborough disaster was an incident which occurred during the FA Cup semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest football clubs on 15 April 1989 at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England. The crush resulted in the deaths of 96 people and injuries to 766 others.

The incident has since been blamed primarily on the police.

Egtpt land of the pharaohs hanging is the only law???

WTF has this got to do with this topic/thread.


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