Egypt court sentences 11 to death for deadly soccer riot
by Associated Press
CAIROApr 19, 2015 - 12:00 am GMT+3
by Associated Press
Apr 19, 2015 12:00 am
An Egyptian court has sentenced 11 soccer fans to death in the retrial of over 70 defendants accused in a soccer riot in 2012 that left 74 people dead. Judge Mohammed el-Said said his final ruling for the 11 and the other defendants, including nine police officers, will come on May 30. Some 21 fans were initially sentenced to death and seven police officers acquitted in 2013, setting off violent protests by fans in Cairo who torched a police club and the soccer federation's headquarters.
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