CAIRO: The Egyptian ministry of health in the Egypt city of Port Said has reported at least 73 deaths and 167 injuries as a result of violence following a football match on Wednesday. Less than an hour earlier the head of the Port Said General Hospital Hassan al-Essnawy said that at least 53 people have died and over 50 others are injured following clashes that erupted after the end of a football match between Egypt's al-Ahly club and al-Masry in the city. Essnawy told al-Ahly's official television channel the death toll, while the ministry of health has continued to report the number rising. Essnawy said the main cause of death was a smashed skull and most of the dead are “young men.” Ahly players said that police and armed forces were nowhere to be seen during or after the clashes and rumors were that the al-Masry fans, who initiated the attack after the match, were allegedly preventing the ambulances from entering the stadium for an hour and half. Some player were also injured during the attack. Ahly TV showed split screen footage of the clashes beginning and riot police, clad with shields, standing in a tunnel immobile and not moving to intervene. A makeshift medical unit was established in the Ahly locker room, where the fans and players took shelter from the attack. The head of the Ahly club said the locker room turned into a morgue where people were dying as a result of a lack of medical assistance. BM ShortURL: http://goo.gl/BXhWw Tags: Ahly, featured, Masry, update, Violence Section: Egypt, Egyptian Sport, Latest News, Sport
