Chris Maduewesi
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As many as 22 football fans were left dead in Egypt on Sunday following a stampede at a match in Cairo.
There was chaotic scenes in a club match between Zamalek and Enppi, but trouble escalated when some of the fans were denied access to the Air Defense Stadium.
Security officials said some Zamalek fans tried to force their way into the match without tickets.
This is not the first time that Egyptian football will be in the headlines for the wrong reasons.
In 2012, the league had to be suspended after 74 fans died when violence erupted in a football match in Port Said.
Yet again, Egypt football tournament have now suspended all football matches after deadly clashes.
On what led to the clashes, some of the fans blamed the authorities for opening only one gate.
Egyptian authorities placed an arrest warrant on the leaders of the Zamalek supporters group, the White Knights, who were believed to have orchestrated the melee.
"Since 2007, we've been the victims of severe injustice at the hand of the authorities. They did the worst things to us. They arrested many of our comrades. We've been humiliated. Naturally, we were the first to take to the streets," said Mustafa Abdel Zaher, a White Knights ultra was quoted as saying on AlJazeera.
There was chaotic scenes in a club match between Zamalek and Enppi, but trouble escalated when some of the fans were denied access to the Air Defense Stadium.
Security officials said some Zamalek fans tried to force their way into the match without tickets.
This is not the first time that Egyptian football will be in the headlines for the wrong reasons.
In 2012, the league had to be suspended after 74 fans died when violence erupted in a football match in Port Said.
Yet again, Egypt football tournament have now suspended all football matches after deadly clashes.
On what led to the clashes, some of the fans blamed the authorities for opening only one gate.
Egyptian authorities placed an arrest warrant on the leaders of the Zamalek supporters group, the White Knights, who were believed to have orchestrated the melee.
"Since 2007, we've been the victims of severe injustice at the hand of the authorities. They did the worst things to us. They arrested many of our comrades. We've been humiliated. Naturally, we were the first to take to the streets," said Mustafa Abdel Zaher, a White Knights ultra was quoted as saying on AlJazeera.
