Egypt football match ends in riot - 73 dead so far!

[knip]

News channels now, 73 people dead and hundreds injured so far following a pitch invasion and violence in Port Said in Egypt.

Apparently miltary helicopters are being called in to escort the players out of the area

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16161259

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

Absolutely horrible.

RIP to all those that have died.

 

[Cosimo]

Absolutely horrible.

RIP to all those that have died.

 

[Admiral Huddy]

Horrible news. I'm glad this kind of behaviour appears to be a thing in the past.. In the game anyway.

 

[Destination]

What happened, was this a local game, or african cup of nations?
Crush killing people, or actual person on person violence?

 

[Daze]

That's a shocking amount of people dead. A lot of children amongst the dead no doubt. RIP

 

[Witcher1979]

Absolutely horrible.

RIP to all those that have died.

+1

I have never ever understood all this stuff over a god damn ball and men in shorts

 

[Narj]

Thought I was watching Millwall vs Cardiff then!

Jeebus, RIP, the poor sods who've been killed doing their job (security) and any other innocents.

 

[Purdy]

Invading a pitch after you've got a rare victory to attack other players and fans, am I reading that right?

What in the ****.

RIP and condolences to all those affected by this, hope those inciting the violence are jailed for life.

 

[Witcher1979]

RIP and condolences to all those affected by this, hope those inciting the violence are jailed for life.

I did not look at the link, we can only hope they have enough video footage and pictures of those people who did start this.

 

[GJ02]

wow thats crazy
hope they get it sorted out

 

[Ahleckz]

Oh, I had a bet on that game!

 

[Freefaller]

Just watched it on the news - looks like it sparked off from nothing. What a tragic waste of life

 

[RomanNose]

Such a stupid thing to happen over such a little thing.

 

[Jokester]

Oh, I had a bet on that game!

Just realised the same. Won £1.94.

Sounds like a lot of fans died trying to protect their team from the opposite fans. Maddness.

 

[Shayper]

 

[robfosters]

Football is only the tip of the iceberg with this incident. More political than anything else.

 

[Kris_90]

Crazy. RIP to all those that have died.

 

[Brookert]

wouldn't happen in rugby

/trollface

It's pathetic people were killed over a ball kicking competition, RIP

 

[ArnieRambo]

all of that over a pointless sport