Summary At least 37 people were killed, including two policemen, in rioting on Saturday.
PORT SAID: Thousands of people who have turned out for a mass funeral for 35 people killed in rioting in the coastal city of Port Said are chanting against Egypt s Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.
Mourners in the funeral procession were shouting "There is no God but Allah, and Morsi is God s enemy" after praying for the dead Sunday at the city s Mariam Mosque.
There were no police or army troops in sight, but the funeral procession briefly halted after gunfire rang out. The source of the gunfire was not immediately known.
Health officials say at least 37 people were killed, including two policemen, in rioting on Saturday. The violence erupted after a court handed down death sentences to 21 local fans involved in a deadly melee at a soccer game last year.
Shots were fired on Sunday in the Egyptian canal city of Port Said at the funeral of people killed in clashes triggered by death sentences on supporters of a local football team, witnesses told AFP.
Thousands had joined the funeral procession after noon prayers when loud gunfire sent mourners running in several directions amid chaotic scenes before calm was restored.
Bodies wrapped in white shrouds were laid in open coffins, carried by a sea of mourners along Port Said s main avenue.
On Saturday, 31 people were killed in the canal city in clashes with police after a court in Cairo handed down death sentences on 21 supporters of Port Said s Al-Masry football club.
It was not immediately clear how many of the 31 dead were being buried on Sunday.
There was no police presence securing Sunday s funeral in Port Said, where shops and businesses remained closed for a second day, state television reported.
