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“Football can go to hell if this is the situation.”

Those were the words of Al-Ahly’s star player Mohamed Aboutrika in the wake of the tragedy in Port Said, calling for the Egyptian league to be suspended indefinitely. “Crowds are dying in front of us, and there aren’t any police or security forces,” he said.

The clash between rival fans of Al-Ahly and Al-Masry in the Egyptian city of Port Said killed at least 74 people and injured over 1,000 others in the deadliest incident since the country’s autocratic president was ousted a year ago. The bloodshed brought into sharp focus how much security has deteriorated over the past year as the revolt and its continuing ripples have chipped away at the pillars of the police state that Egypt once was.

Read more on the tragedy here (Wash Post), here (NYTimes), and here (Reuters). (posted by Elizabeth Cotignola)

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