More than 70 people are killed in Egypt after clashes between football fans (merged)

[Billy the Fish]

And we complain about some kids standing on chairs and being mouthy..

 

[cunning fergus]

This is the trouble with big games when they are played in the evening.............should have been 12.00pm before the pubs opened.

 

[cloud]

This is the trouble with big games when they are played in the evening.............should have been 12.00pm before the pubs opened.

But Egypt is 80-90% muslim, so not too many bars there

 

[pastafarian]

sky news now saying its 70 dead

puts last nights handbags into perspective!

 

[brunswick]

Trouble at Egypt football match....

looks like political groups - its well known much of the riots in egypt were led by football firms with political stances.

also, hardly and police were there, this was deliberate for some reason?

dare i say a conspiracy lurks somewhere?

 

[Falkor]

They need to stop football, i think there is to much politics in that country now.

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

Over 70 people dead? Christ.

BBC News - Egypt football riot: Three days mourning for dozens killed

 

[northernblue]

amazing what the game of football can do to people isn't it!

 

[c0lz]

They need to stop football, i think there is to much politics in that country now.

They have but for how long is another question.

the whole thing is absolutely shocking.

 

[matthew]

Looking at the BBC site absolutely no recollection of this :
Oct 82: More than 300 reportedly killed in a stampede on a narrow, icy staircase at a Spartak-Haarlem match in Moscow

There was a huge media cover up - there was a good documentary of this on ESPN Classic a few years back

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

but egypt is 80-90% muslim, so not too many bars there

whoosh