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Blocking roads or carrying out any act of violence or individual action will not help this case at all.At least 73 die in Egypt soccer pitch invasion Thursday, 02 February 2012 01:31
CAIRO: Seventy-three people were killed and at least 1,000 injured yesterday after a soccer pitch invasion in the Egyptian city of Port Said, a health ministry official said, in an incident that one player described as “a war, not football”.
Yesterday’s trouble flared at the end of a match when Port Said team Al Masry beat Al Ahli, one of Egypt’s most successful clubs, 3-1.
Live television footage showed fans running onto the field and chasing Ahli players.
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