Police officers have denied responsibility for the clashes that erupted on Saturday during the football match between Zamalek and Tunisia's Club Africain. At a symposium on Sunday to improve the image of the police, a police officer said the military instructed the police to secure the stadium from the outside and not to enter, so as to avoid clashing with spectators. However, a military source denied giving the police any such instructions. Meanwhile, the Egyptian Football Federation has sent an official memo to Interior Minister Mansour al-Essawy, demanding security guarantees before resuming matches, with or without spectators, in the football league. “We don't want to cancel the league,” said Samir Zaher, president of the federation. “But we also don't want to see again what happened during the match between Zamalek and Tunisia's Club Africain.” Translated from the Arabic Edition
