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At least 25 dead in clashes at Cairo football stadium

At least 25 people have died in violent clashes outside a football stadium in Cairo.

Witnesses claim 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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Death toll in Cairo football stadium clashes rises to 22

Crowds outside the stadium in Cairo Credit: Reuters

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

Riot police at the scene Credit: Reuters

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.

Read more: 14 football fans killed during clashes at game in Cairo

A police car is set alight Credit: Reuters

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