Soccer violence breaks out in Egypt

Violence erupted in the Suez Canal city of Port Said on Saurday, where last month a riot following a football match left 74 people dead. It was the world's worst soccer-related disaster in 15 years.

Following the February 1st riots, senior police officers were charged with assisting city soccer fans to attack a Cairo club with a long history of enmity with the police. Some Port Said residents have claimed that hired outsiders were responsible for much of the killing.

In Saturday’s clashes, Egyptian troops fired volleys of tear gas and shot into in the air to disperse protesters affiliated with city’s Al Masry club, angry for what they see as unfair measures against their club and their city. A thirteen year old boy was killed when he was shot in the back by security forces, and dozens of people were injured in the fighting.

The confrontation began after the Egyptian Football Association on Friday officially suspended the city’s soccer club for two seasons ending 2013, and closed its stadium for three years as punishment for February’s stadium riot.

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