Back أحداث ستاد بورسعيد 2012 Arabic أحداث ستاد بورسعيد 2012 ARZ Port-Səid stadionu faciəsi Azerbaijani Трагедыя на стадыёне ў Порт-Саідзе Byelorussian Disturbis de Port Saïd Catalan ڕووداوەکانی یاریگای بۆرسەعید ٢٠١٢ CKB Port Said Stadium optøjerne Danish Stadion-Ausschreitungen von Port Said German Συμπλοκή του Πορτ Σάιντ Greek Tragedia de Puerto Saíd Spanish
| Port Said Stadium riot | |||
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| Date | 1 February 2012 | ||
| Location | Port Said Stadium, Port Said, Egypt 31°16′16″N 32°17′30″E / 31.27111°N 32.29167°E | ||
| Caused by |
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| Methods | Rioting, stoning, stabbing | ||
| Resulted in | Further unrest continues in Cairo, Alexandria, and Suez until 11 February | ||
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| Casualties | |||
| Death(s) | 74[1]
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| Injuries | 500+[1] | ||
| Arrested | 73 | ||
| Charged | 47
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The Port Said Stadium riot was a riot which occurred at Port Said Stadium in Port Said, Egypt on 1 February 2012, following an Egyptian Premier League football match between Al Masry and Al Ahly. Seventy-four people were killed and more than 500 injured after thousands of Al Masry fans invaded the pitch following a 3–1 victory by their club. Al Ahly fans were attacked using clubs, stones, machetes, knives, bottles, and fireworks, trapping them inside the Al Ahly partition of the stadium.[1][2][3] Many of the deaths were due to police refusal to open the stadium gates, trapping fans inside and causing a stampede.[4][5] Civil unrest and clashes with police erupted in several major cities, such as Cairo, Alexandria, and Suez, in response to police's handling of the riot.
Seventy-three defendants, including nine police officers and two officials from Port Said's Al-Masry club, were charged in the aftermath of the riots. As of 15 November 2015[update], 26 defendants were acquitted, including seven police officers and an Al-Masry club official. Of the 47 convicted, 11 were sentenced to death, ten received 15-year prison terms, nine received 10-year sentences, sixteen received 5-year sentences, including two police officers and an Al-Masry club official, and one received a 1-year sentence. The Court of Cassation upheld the sentences on 20 February 2017.
As a result of the riot, the Egyptian government shut down the domestic league for two years, which affected the Egyptian national team.[6]
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