Riot over Egypt football defeat
Egypt-Algeria World Cup anger turns violent in Cairo
Riot police in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, quelled a violent demonstration near the Algerian embassy in the early hours of Friday.
Egyptian protesters reportedly hurled firebombs at police protecting the embassy and overturned a police van.
Egypt's Interior Ministry said 35 people were injured.
The clashes stem from Egypt's defeat by Algeria in a World Cup qualifying match on Wednesday, securing Algeria the last African place for next year's finals.
On Friday Alaa Mubarak, the son of Egypt's president Hosni Mubarak, made a rare public statement calling for a "tough stance" to be taken against Algeria.
"When you insult my dignity... I will beat you on the head," the businessman, who had attended the game in Khartoum, told a TV news programme.
Read more @ BBC News
4 comments
You Fri, 20 Nov 2009 - 14:46
Re: Riot over Egypt football defeat
Read more @ Al Jazeera English
Joie de Vivre Fri, 20 Nov 2009 - 15:17
Re: Riot over Egypt football defeat
:roll:
You Fri, 20 Nov 2009 - 15:24
Re: Riot over Egypt football defeat
Don't you think that is an awesome quote?
Joie de Vivre Fri, 20 Nov 2009 - 15:27
Re: Riot over Egypt football defeat
Um. Sort of. It epitomises most of the problems of the world.
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