Riots in Egypt: 36 dead

36 people died, more than two hundred were injured in the clashes of the police and football fans in the Egyptian city of Port-Said. As RIA Novosti reports, among the dead two police officers. The riots flashed after the authorities passed the death sentence 21 to the club fans in the case of clashes of a year ago.

The radical fans of the local Al-Masri football team do not leave attempts to storm the city prison and free the clubs sentenced to the death penalty. Clashes also occur among police branches and court buildings. All state institutions and shops are closed. At the same time, the seaport continues to work as usual.

Earlier, the army command announced that in the next few hours, military units would be introduced into the city.

The Criminal Court of Port Said, who held Saturday, an exit meeting at the Academy of Police in the Egyptian capital, made a decision on the death penalty for 21 Egyptian, who took place in the case of the Portsaid Tragedy.

On the eve of the unit of the Egyptian army and tanks were taken to the streets of Suez to prevent riots on the second anniversary of the uprising against the Mubarak regime. Seven people became victims of clashes of demonstrators with the police: six protesters and one police officer. More than 400 people were injured.

On February 2, 2012, in a mass fight during a football match at the stadium in Port Said, 73 people were killed, about a thousand were injured. The fight occurred at the end of the al-Masri local club with the capital of Al-Ahli, which lost with a score of 1: 3.

Al-Masri fans broke through the fence, attacked the al-Ahli fans sector, and then ran out onto the field and attacked football players and coaches. Two players in the capital's club received injuries. The mentor of Al-Ahli Portuguese Manuel Jose Safety strength was taken into the premises under the stands. A crush arose in the stands. The fight continued on the street, the fans threw each other with stones and bottles.