Printed Tuesday, June 18, 2013


Egyptian mourners bury 35 killed in Port Said riot

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Families and supporters of those accused of soccer violence from the Port Said soccer club react to the announcement of verdicts for 21 fans on trial in last year's Port Said stadium incident which left 74 people dead, in Port Said, Egypt.
Families and supporters of those accused of soccer violence from the Port Said soccer club react to the announcement of verdicts for 21 fans on trial in last year's Port Said stadium incident which left 74 people dead, in Port Said, Egypt.
PORT SAID, Egypt — Thousands of people who have turned out for a mass funeral for 35 people killed in rioting in the coastal city of Port Said are chanting against Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.

Mourners in the funeral procession were shouting “There is no God but Allah, and Morsi is God's enemy” after praying for the dead today at the city's Mariam Mosque.

There were no police or army troops in sight, but the funeral procession briefly halted after gunfire rang out. The source of the gunfire was not immediately known.

Health officials say at least 37 people were killed, including two policemen, in rioting on Saturday. The violence erupted after a court handed down death sentences to 21 local fans involved in a deadly melee at a soccer game last year.