Summary Army has been deployed in Port Said as the death toll in football verdict reaches 22.
CAIRO: Egyptian security officials say the military is being deployed to the Mediterranean city of Port Said after eight people were killed in riots outside the main prison following a controversial verdict related to one of the world s deadliest incidents of soccer violence.
A Cairo judge sentenced 21 people to death in connection with the Feb. 1, 2012, soccer melee in Port Said that killed 74 fans of the Cairo-based Al-Ahly team.
Two police were shot dead outside Port Said s main prison when angry relatives tried to storm the facility to free the defendants on trial.
Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at the crowd, killing six in Saturday s violence outside the prison.
The death toll in clashes in Egypt s canal city of Port Said on Saturday reached 22, the health ministry said, as fighting raged following death sentences handed down in the country s worst football violence.
"Twenty-two people were killed and 200 injured," a ministry statement said.
Two policemen were among those killed, the interior ministry said in a separate statement, adding that there were "many critical injuries among police forces."
