Photos: Deadly riot in Egypt after soccer verdict
March 9, 2013
An Egyptian soccer fan of Al-Ahly club shouts slogans in front of a banner at showing some pictures of the victims of a 2012 soccer riot, in the club headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013. An Egyptian court on Saturday confirmed the death sentences against 21 people for taking part in a deadly soccer riot but acquitted seven police officials for their alleged role in the violence. Suspected fans enraged by the verdict torched the soccer federation headquarters and a police club in Cairo in protest.(AP Photo/Amr Nabil) ( Mideast Egypt )
Egyptian soccer fans of Al-Ahly club celebrate in front of their club headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013. An Egyptian court confirmed death sentences against 21 people for their role in a deadly 2012 soccer riot that killed more than 70 people in the city of Port Said. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) ( Mideast Egypt )
An Egyptian man reacts as he watches a televised court verdict confirming death sentences against 21 people for their role in a deadly 2012 soccer riot, in a coffee shop in Port Said, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ( APTOPIX Mideast Egypt )
An Egyptian man walks on the grounds of a police officer's club as a fire set by protesters burns in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa) ( APTOPIX Mideast Egypt )
An Egyptian protester runs with a teargas canister during clashes with riot police in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013. Security officials say a protester has died during clashes between police and hundreds of stone-throwing demonstrators in central Cairo. The officials say the protester died Saturday on a Nile-side road where clashes have been taking place daily between anti-government protesters and police near two luxury hotels and the U.S. and British embassies. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) ( Mideast Egypt )
Egyptian protesters run for cover from tear gas fired by riot police during clashes in Cairo, on March 8, 2013. Egyptian Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim sacked the riot police chief amid strikes by policemen who complained they are ill-equipped to confront protesters, state media reported. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD KHALED/AFP/Getty Images ( 518024261 )
Al-Ahly fans, also known as "Ultras", celebrate and shout slogans in front of the Al Ahly club after hearing the final verdict of the 2012 Port Said massacre in Cairo March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh ( EGYPT-RIOT/ )
A mother of one of the accused reacts after hearing the final verdict of the 2012 Port Said massacre, in Port Said city, 170 km (106 miles) northeast of Cairo, March 9, 2013. Egyptian protesters in Port Said untied moored speedboats used to supply shipping on the Suez Canal on Saturday, apparently hoping the boats would drift into the waterway and disrupt passing vessels, witnesses said. Port Said has been a flashpoint since January, with violent protests over death sentences given to local people in connection with a football stadium riot in which more than 70 people died last year. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany ( EGYPT )
Smoke billows from a police officer's club from a fire set by protesters in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013. An (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa) ( Mideast Egypt )
Protesters evacuate a wounded protester from the scene of clashes in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Mohammed Abu Zaid) ( APTOPIX Mideast Egypt )
Residents of Port Said gather at a dock on the Suez Canal to demonstrate after the announcement of the final verdict in the case of the Port Said football massacre, on March 9, 2013, in Port Said, Egypt. Over seventy football fans of the Al Masry team were killed during a stadium brawl that took place after a match between the Al Masry and Al Ahly teams in the northern Egyptian city in February 2012. Two senior police officers, the Port Said Security Director Essam Samak and head of the Port Said Water Bodies Security Department, Mohammed Saad, received 15 year sentences, while seven other police officers were acquitted. Five Port Said citizens received life sentences on Saturday, and twenty one civilian death sentences handed down in a January ruling on the same case were confirmed. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images). ( 163403446 )
Smoke rises from fires set by protestors in an attempt to block boats from docking and disrupt traffic at the port on the Suez Canal to demonstrate after the announcement of the final verdict in the case of the Port Said football massacre, on March 9, 2013, in Port Said, Egypt. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images). ( 163403794 )
Judges of the Port Said Criminal Court, holding a hearing in Cairo for security reasons, rules in the case of last year's soccer violence in Port Said which left over 70 dead in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abd El Latef, El Shorouk Newspaper) ( Mideast Egypt )
Egyptian policemen at a police club wait to be rescued after protesters set fire following a court verdict in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013.(AP Photo/Amr Nabil) ( APTOPIX Mideast Egypt )
Al-Ahly fans, also known as "Ultras", celebrate and shout slogans in front of the Al-Ahly club after hearing the final verdict of the 2012 Port Said massacre in Cairo March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh ( EGYPT-RIOT/ )
Residents of Port Said react to the announcement of the final verdict in the case of the Port Said football massacre, on March 9, 2013, in Port Said, Egypt.(Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images). ( 163410444 )
Al-Ahly fans, also known as "Ultras", react in front of Al-Ahly club after hearing the final verdict of the 2012 Port Said massacre in Cairo March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh ( EGYPT-RIOT/ )
Al-Ahly fans, also known as "Ultras", celebrate and shout slogans in front of Al-Ahly club after hearing the final verdict of the 2012 Port Said massacre in Cairo March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh ( EGYPT-RIOT/ )
Al-Ahly fans, also known as "Ultras", shout slogans against the Interior Ministry in front of the Al-Ahly club after hearing the final verdict of the 2012 Port Said massacre in Cairo March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh ( EGYPT-RIOT/ )
Al-Ahly fans, also known as "Ultras", shout slogans against the Interior Ministry, in front of the Al-Ahly club after hearing the final verdict of the 2012 Port Said massacre in Cairo March 9, 2013. The poster with pictures of fans who died in Port Said reads "We can't forget you". REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh ( EGYPT-RIOT/ )
Al-Ahly fans, also known as "Ultras", celebrate and shout slogans in front of the Al-Ahly club after hearing the final verdict of the 2012 Port Said massacre in Cairo March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh ( EGYPT-RIOT/ )
Naval units try to put out the fires at the port after protesters burned tyres in Port Said city, 170 km (106 miles) northeast of Cairo, March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany ( EGYPT )
A riot policeman throws a tear gas canister which was thrown back by protesters opposing Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi during clashes along Qasr Al Nil bridge, which leads to Tahrir Square in Cairo March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh ( EGYPT-RIOT/ )
Protesters, who oppose Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, flee from riot police during clashes along Qasr Al Nil bridge, which leads to Tahrir Square in Cairo March 9, 2013. ( EGYPT-RIOT/ )
Riot policemen run towards protesters opposing Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi during clashes along Qasr Al Nil bridge, which leads to Tahrir Square in Cairo March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh ( EGYPT-RIOT/ )
People carry away salvaged items from the Egyptian Soccer Federation building after Al Ahly fans, also known as "Ultras" set fire to it following a court verdict, in Cairo March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh ( EGYPT-RIOT/ )
Protesters, who oppose Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, flee from teargas released by riot police during clashes along Qasr Al Nil bridge, which leads to Tahrir Square in Cairo March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh ( EGYPT-RIOT/ )
Smoke rises from the Egyptian Soccer Federation building after Al Ahly fans, also known as "Ultras" set fire to it following a court verdict, in Cairo March 9, 2013. An REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh ( EGYPT-RIOT/ )
An Egyptian army helicopter transports water to hose down fires at a police officers' club and the Egyptian Soccer Federation after Al Ahly fans, also known as "Ultras" set fire to them following a court verdict, in Cairo March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh ( EGYPT-RIOT/ )
A firefighter walks up the stairs at the headquarters of the Egyptian Soccer Federation after Al Ahly fans, also known as "Ultras" set it on fire following a court verdict, in Cairo March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh ( EGYPT-RIOT/ )
A protester, who opposes Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, flees from teargas released by riot police during clashes along Qasr Al Nil bridge, which leads to Tahrir Square in Cairo March 9, 2013.REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh ( EGYPT-RIOT/ )
Protesters, who oppose Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, flee from riot police during clashes along Qasr Al Nil bridge, which leads to Tahrir Square in Cairo March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh ( EGYPT-RIOT )
Protesters, who oppose Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, face riot police during clashes along Qasr Al Nil bridge, which leads to Tahrir Square in Cairo March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh ( EGYPT-RIOT )
Policemen try to extinguish fire at a police club set by protesters following a court verdict in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013. Fans of Cairo's Al-Ahly club have stormed Egypt's soccer federation headquarters, set it ablaze after a court acquitted seven of nine police officials on trial for their alleged part in deadly stadium melee. A fire also broke out Saturday in a nearby police club, but it was not immediately known whether Al-Ahly fans started the blaze there too. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) ( Mideast Egypt )
An Egyptian reacts as she watches a televised court verdict confirming death sentences against 21 people for their role in a deadly 2012 soccer riot, in a coffee shop in Port Said, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013. The Feb. 2012 riot followed a league match between Al-Masry and CairoĆs Al-Ahly club, with Port Said supporters setting upon the visiting fans after the final whistle. The deadly melee is Egypt's worst soccer disaster.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ( Mideast Egypt )
Egyptian protesters clash with riot police in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013. Security officials say a protester has died during clashes between police and hundreds of stone-throwing demonstrators in central Cairo. The officials say the protester died Saturday on a Nile-side road where clashes have been taking place daily between anti-government protesters and police near two luxury hotels and the U.S. and British embassies. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) ( Mideast Egypt )
Egyptians react after hearing a court verdict confirming death sentences against 21 people for their role in a deadly 2012 soccer riot on TV, in a coffee shop in Port Said, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ( Mideast Egypt )
Egyptian protesters clash with riot police in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013. Security officials say a protester has died during clashes between police and hundreds of stone-throwing demonstrators in central Cairo.(AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) ( Mideast Egypt )
Smoke rises from the Police Officers Club, left, and the Egyptian Soccer Federation, right, as a police helicopter surveys the scene after protesters set fire following a court verdict in Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) ( APTOPIX Mideast Egypt )
Egyptian employees clear remains after a fire, set by an angry group, damaged the offices of local newspaper al-Watan on March 9, 2013 in the Egyptian capital Cairo. AFP PHOTO / AL-WATAN NEWSPAPER /STR-/AFP/Getty Images ( 518029898 )
A protester mourns his fatally wounded comrade, unseen, after evacuating him from the scene of clashes in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) ( Mideast Egypt )
Smoke and fire rises from the Egyptian Soccer Federation after protesters set fire following a court verdict in, Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013. AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) ( Mideast Egypt )
A young Egyptian protester smashes the front of a hotel during clashes with riot police in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) ( Mideast Egypt )
A Christmas tree and damaged furniture are seen at a wedding hall as policemen try to extinguish fire at a police club set by protesters following a court verdict in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) ( Mideast Egypt )
An Egyptian flashes the victory sign after several protesters set fire to tires on the city's dock in an attempt to prevent ships from coming in to the strategic city of Port Said at the Mediterranean end of the Suez Canal, in Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013.(AP Photo/Ahmed Ramadan) ( Mideast Egypt )
An Egyptian soccer fan of the Al-Ahly club wearing a Guy Fawkes mask joins hundreds of fans in front of their club headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) ( Mideast Egypt )
Policemen try to extinguish fire at a police club set by protesters following a court verdict in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013.(AP Photo/Amr Nabil) ( Mideast Egypt )
Lawyers for defendants confer after the Port Said Criminal Court, holding its hearing in Cairo for security reasons, ruled in the case of last year's soccer violence in Port Said which left over 70 dead, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abd El Latef, El Shorouk Newspaper) ( Mideast Egypt )
An Egyptian soccer fans of the Al-Ahly club wearing a Guy Fawkes mask shouts shouts slogans in front of the club in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013.(AP Photo/Amr Nabil) ( Mideast Egypt )
Smoke rises from the Egyptian Soccer Federation after protesters set fire following a court verdict, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013..(AP Photo/Amr Nabil) ( Mideast Egypt )
The sun sets during clashes between Egyptian protesters and riot police in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) ( Mideast Egypt )
Protesters evacuate a fatally wounded protester from the scene of clashes in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Mohammed Abu Zaid) ( Mideast Egypt )
An Egyptian soldier stands guard outside the prison in Port Said, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ( Mideast Egypt )
Smoke and fire rises from the Egyptian Soccer Federation after protesters set fire following a court verdict in, Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) ( Mideast Egypt )
A young boy displays a soccer trophy cup, one of many looted mementoes of the Egyptian national team, that were either stolen or burned in violence following a court ruling in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Mohammed Asad) ( Mideast Egypt )
An injured security official is carried from a police officers club in the upscale neighborhood of Zamalek, after protesters set fires following a court verdict in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013.(AP Photo/Mohammed Asad ) ( APTOPIX Mideast Egypt )
Several protesters set fire to tires on the city's dock in an attempt to prevent ships from coming in to the strategic city of Port Said at the Mediterranean end of the Suez Canal, in Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahmed Ramadan) ( APTOPIX Mideast Egypt )
An Egyptian soccer fan of Al-Ahly club raises a banner honoring fellow fans killed in a 2012 stadium riot in the club headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) ( Mideast Egypt )
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