From my Blottr
"At least 74
civilians have been confirmed dead, with reports of hundreds more injured, at a
football match in Port Said, north-east Egypt.
A rare win
for club al-Masry over league leaders al-Ahly resulted in thousands streaming
onto the pitch. Reports of rocks and knives being used are rampant, with some
sources claiming fireworks and flares also entered the fray. The majority of
deaths, including those of security workers at the stadium, came from head
injuries - concussion, as well as knife wounds - and suffocation from the
stampede.
Just over a
year on from the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak, at a time when events in the
country (from the inside, at least) seem to have changed far less than the
'government' would have us believe, it saddens me, and the world as a whole,
that something as globally unifying as football can end up causing as much hurt
and pain to families as the war they all hope to avoid."
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