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Football disaster in Egypt

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Tweets suggest that the dead were stabbed, not crushed. Unbelievable. There's a real struggle for power in Egypt right now. One has to wonder if fans from some clubs align with the milirtary and some against it?

 
I lived in Cairo 2007-2009 and went to the big Cairo derby a few times, scarier than anything here, not totally surprised it's happened. The rivalry is deep and violent and remember they don't drink, just as well as I was standing on my balcony the night Egypt won the last African Cup of Nations while all around me the neighbours were firing Kalasnikovs and handguns into the air, a few miles away the army were firing artillery shells into the desert, they might have hit someone, they might not. Life is cheap in Egypt, like I said, not totally surprised.

 
Interesting post Westway. Thanks for your insight.

Terrible situation. You can only feel for the families of the dead.

 
Yeah, with that many dead, I suspect something other than being crushed to death. The stabbings sound logical to me.

Scary stuff.

 
Over 1,000 injured and around 100 dead. Absolutely tragic

 
Such a terrible tragedy. Reading the reports it seems hooliganism in Egypt is a problem, especially with one of the teams involved in this. Hopefully something good can come from this and it will stop.

 
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