A Cairo court sentenced 21 of the defendants of the Port Said football fans' massacre to death on Saturday morning. The fate of the rest of the 75 defendants is to be determined in another hearing set for 9 March. Although security sources previously announced that no defendants will show up at the court hearing of the Port Said football fans' massacre, policemen accused in the case were present in the courtroom at the Police Academy in New Cairo. Shortly before the sentence was pronounced by the judge, the court's secretary called the names of five senior security officers accused in the case, including the former head of Port Said's security directorate and four of his aides. The courtroom was already filled with families of the victims, who chanted, "God of the oppressed, give us justice", "we only want justice" and "police are thugs." A source from the Cairo security directorate told Al-Masry Al-Youm that there are strict measures to protect the defendants inside the courtroom, including the deployment of fighting troops belonging to Central Security Forces around the first benches of the court where the defendants' lawyers are sitting. Seventy five defendants are accused in the case of 72 Ahly football fans killed in the aftermath of a match with Port Said's Masry club in February of last year. The fans of Ahly club, including several Ultras groups had threatened of spreading chaos if a verdict is not considered fair. Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm.