Egypt's court of cassation issued on Monday the death penalty against 10 defendants over charges of murder and violence in the Port Said stadium massacre, which took place in Feb. 2012 and left more than 70 soccer fans dead.
The relatives of the victims gathered at the gates of the court, located in central Cairo, waiting for the final verdict while holding photos of those who died in the notorious massacre at Port Said.
The clashes took place during a game between Port Said-based al-Masry soccer club and Cairo-based al-Ahly, of which supporters were attacked, resulting in the death of 74 people and the wounding of 200 others.
The Port Said criminal court in June 2015 sentenced to death 11 people, one of them in absentia, in a retrial.
A total of 73 people have been tried on charges of violence and murder, 21 were acquitted while senior political or sports officials received sentences of a few years in jail.
Source: EFE
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