Hundreds of Ahly club football fans gathered around the premises of the club in Cairo on Saturday morning to head to the court where a hearing and possibly a verdict on the Port Said massacre are expected. The massacre took place in February 2012, when a game between Ahly and Port Said's Masry club ended with a tragic massacre of the former club's fans by unknown assailants, killing 72 of them. The deaths included children. One of the main fan groups of Ahly, Ultras Ahlawy, had been threatening of chaos throughout last week if the verdict is deemed unfair. Public Prosecutor Talaat Abdallah had announced last week that new evidence in the case has emerged and demanded the addition of six more defendants to the case who are now over 70 people. The move was considered an attempt to delay the verdict in the midst of rising anger and violence in the streets. Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm.
