Deadly clashes between die-hard Zamalek football fans and Egyptian security forces broke out on Sunday at the entrance of the Air Defence stadium in Cairo, where the team was due to play.
At least 14 people were killed. The clashes began when some fans tried to enter the stadium without tickets, according to local reports.
Zamalek fans, known as “White Knights,” posted on their group’s official Facebook page that the violence began because authorities only opened one door to let them in.
A source in Cairo’s Ahli Bank Hospital told Ahram’s Arabic news website that they had received 14 bodies of the victims.
A health ministry spokesman, who declined to confirm the deaths, told Ahram Online at least 20 were injured.
An eye witness told Ahram Online families of the slain supporters screamed hysterically in the hospital, while fan group Ultras White Knights said on its official Facebook page that the death toll reached 20.
The death toll is expected to rise.
