Deadly clashes in Egypt following football verdicts

January 26, 2013 17:30

Deadly clashes erupted today in Egypt's canal city of Port Said killing at least 14 people including two policemen following a court sentencing 21 football fans to death for last year's post-match riot.

The violent clashes erupted after a Cairo court handed down the death sentences over the football riot last February in which 74 people were killed, and came a day after violence swept Egypt on the second anniversary of its uprising.

Officials said the army would be deployed in the area. As news of the verdict spread, the families of the sentenced gathered in front of a prison in Port Said.

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