Egypt soccer riot leaves more than 70 dead | Sports | National Post

REPORT: Riots after a soccer match on Wednesday in Egypt’s Port Said left 73 people dead, medics said.

Egypt’s Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, the head of the country’s ruling military council, ordered two helicopters be sent to the area, to fly out some of the visiting Al Ahli soccer team and its fans, military sources said.

The helicopters will transfer the injured to military hospitals, the sources said.

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