At least 73 people were killed in Egypt on Wednesday,
February 1st, after a soccer game turned into a battlefield.
According to the New York Times, police officers around the stadium appeared
unwilling to control the violence, and video footage showed officers standing
idle as groups of fans attacked each other with knives and other weapons.
The report states that more than 1,000 people were injured
during the chaotic encounter between both teams’ fans, and the stadium’s locker
rooms had to be turned into emergency rooms.
At around 10:00 p.m., the article explains, armored state
security vehicles arrived to the stadium transport the visiting team and its
fans from Cairo’s Ahly Club, safely out of Port Said.
This event serves to show that there doesn’t have to be a
war, for a multitude of people to act like animals. Shame.
I heard about this, what a shame. The sad part is it's not the first time this has happened and unfortunately, might not be the last. Human nature I guess.
ReplyDeletethey are crazy bc they are stampeding all over the people
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