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Zamalek draw in Egyptian league as match goes ahead despite fan deaths
Ahram Online Published in Ahram Online on 08 - 02 - 2015

An Egyptian Premier League game between Zamalek and ENPPI went ahead on Sunday despite the death of at least 15 Zamalek fans after they were tear-gassed by police prior to kick-off.
They played out a 1-1 draw after Zamalek's hardcore fans clashed with the police before the match in the worst football-related incident since the infamous Port Said disaster three years ago.
Police used tear gas to disperse members of the Ultras White Knights in front of Cairo's Air Defence Stadium, an army-owned venue, a few hours before Zamalek played ENPPI in a top-of-the-table clash.
"They died of suffocation and stampede after being tear-gassed," a medical source at the Ahli Bank Hospital said
The Egyptian interior ministry said the clashes occurred after Ultras White Knights members tried to attend the game without buying tickets. A league crowd ban that has been in place since the 2012 Port Said tragedy, which left over 70 Ahly fans dead, was partially lifted as authorities said they would gradually allow fans to return to the stands.
Zamalek remained at the top of the league table with 45 points, three clear of second-placed ENPPI.
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