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Post by BoltonTerrier on Feb 1, 2012 20:56:53 GMT 1
At least 70 people killed & hundreds injured in Egypt football pitch invasion in Port Said, health ministry sources.  RIP |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2012 20:57:43 GMT 1
At least 70 people killed & hundreds injured in Egypt football pitch invasion in Port Said, health ministry sources. RIP RIP indeed. Any idea what happened? Fighting on the pitch? |
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Post by BoltonTerrier on Feb 1, 2012 20:58:31 GMT 1
Not sure, breaking news on sky news now... Just heard about a fatality on Eurosport whilst watching Anfrican Nations cup...
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Post by champ on Feb 1, 2012 20:59:36 GMT 1
These corrupt war torn countries need to get their act together for the sake of the innocent people always seemingly caught up in the battle.
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Post by tonywal on Feb 1, 2012 21:04:41 GMT 1
Just watching this now, most of the fatalities were caused by blows to the head.
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Post by BoltonTerrier on Feb 1, 2012 21:07:12 GMT 1
Pretty harrowing scenes those... Cant imagine that happening nowadays at a football game... |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2012 21:12:08 GMT 1
Just seen some footage of loads of people flooding to the right hand side of the stadium, nobody down on the pitch or anything. Where have the fatalities happened?
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Post by BoltonTerrier on Feb 1, 2012 21:16:19 GMT 1
Just seen some footage of loads of people flooding to the right hand side of the stadium, nobody down on the pitch or anything. Where have the fatalities happened? Sounds like a lot of knives involved and stadium set on fire. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16845841Think those images were just the start of the trouble... |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2012 21:20:00 GMT 1
When sport becomes more than a competition, it often becomes ugly. The sad story recently, racism, violence, death. Horrible.
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Post by Sheps on Feb 1, 2012 21:23:31 GMT 1
It blows my mind that they have free standing chairs near the fans with a history of violence.
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Post by rothwellterrier on Feb 1, 2012 21:25:13 GMT 1
Horrendous.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2012 21:26:18 GMT 1
Truly unimaginable, however, I think it may go beyond sport and delve into the world of 'tribal' politics. Innocent victims whatever the cause. Shameful for fans to be caught up in the hijacking of the game by thugs and murderers. |
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Post by champ on Feb 1, 2012 21:53:37 GMT 1
When sport becomes more than a competition, it often becomes ugly. The sad story recently, racism, violence, death. Horrible. For some reason I don't think that the violence witnessed is through the passion of football. These people are living in countries with absolutely no rights what so ever and are not raised with any kind of morals due to them having to fight to survive from the moment they were born. As much as I would love to piss off to Australia, I can't help feel lucky compared to what some people have to put up with. |
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Post by thrice on Feb 1, 2012 22:07:04 GMT 1
When sport becomes more than a competition, it often becomes ugly. The sad story recently, racism, violence, death. Horrible. For some reason I don't think that the violence witnessed is through the passion of football. These people are living in countries with absolutely no rights what so ever and are not raised with any kind of morals due to them having to fight to survive from the moment they were born. As much as I would love to piss off to Australia, I can't help feel lucky compared to what some people have to put up with. Would you be making excuses for them if you were one of the 73 (so far) families who have lost a loved one? Bloody animals, no excuses. |
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Post by champ on Feb 1, 2012 22:15:10 GMT 1
For some reason I don't think that the violence witnessed is through the passion of football. These people are living in countries with absolutely no rights what so ever and are not raised with any kind of morals due to them having to fight to survive from the moment they were born. As much as I would love to piss off to Australia, I can't help feel lucky compared to what some people have to put up with. Would you be making excuses for them if you were one of the 73 (so far) families who have lost a loved one? Bloody animals, no excuses. Knew some clown would twist what I said. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2012 19:20:25 GMT 1
It looks like the set of fans that were attacked (Al Ahly) were the, lets say, revolutionary group and the attacking fans were the group more in favour of the military rule. They will have been instructed by the military to do this. A large proportion of Al Ahly fans were ever-present at Tahrir Square.
I found some videos on Al Ahly's website...
Terrible!
76, they say, are dead.
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Feb 3, 2012 0:24:15 GMT 1
I say let them in the EU. Everone else is here!!
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