At least 25 dead in clashes at Cairo football stadium

At least 25 people were killed as football fans clashed with police at a stadium in Cairo last night, officials said.

Security sources said the riots erupted before the match between Zamalek and Enppi in the local football league in Cairo.

The clashes continued outside the stadium after the match, with authorities saying some of the fatalities were caused in a stampede.

The death toll killed in clashes outside a Cairo football stadium has risen to 22, the public prosecutor's office said.

Witnesses said people had been crushed in a stampede when police used teargas to break up a crowd trying to enter the stadium from which they were barred.

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At least 14 Egyptian soccer fans were killed and several others injured in clashes on Sunday night when the security forces barred them from entering a stadium to watch a match in the local league, security and health sources said.

Security sources said riots erupted before the match between Zamalek and Enppi in the local soccer league in Cairo. They said police used tear gas in the operation.

"Huge numbers of Zamalek club fans came to Air Defense Stadium to attend the match ... and tried to storm the stadium gates by force, which prompted the troops to prevent them from continuing the assault on the stadium facilities," according to a statement from the Interior Ministry.