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On 1 February 2012, a massive riot occurred at Port Said Stadium in Port Said, Egypt, following an Egyptian Premier League football match between El Masry and El Ahly. 74 people were killed and more than 500 were injured after thousands of El Masry spectators stormed the stadium stands and the pitch, following a 3–1 victory by El Masry, and violently attacked El Ahly fans using knives, swords, clubs, stones, bottles, and fireworks as weapons.〔 73 defendants, including 9 police officers and 2 officials from Port Said’s Al-Masry club, were charged in the aftermath of the riots. As of August 2015, 11 defendants have been sentenced to death and 26 have been acquitted, including 7 police officers and 1 Al-Masry club official. Of the remaining 36 defendants, 10 received 15-year prison terms while another 10 received 10-year sentences and 1 defendant received a 1-year sentence. 15 other defendants received 5-year sentences including the remaining 2 police officers and 1 Al-Masry club official. As a result of the riot, the Egyptian government shut down the domestic league for two years, which affected the Egyptian national team.〔(Government ban 'threatens future of Egyptian football ), 16 July 2012〕 ==Incident== The match kick-off was delayed thirty minutes because El Masry fans were on the pitch. During half-time and after each of the three second-half goals for El Masry, the club's supporters stormed the pitch, and at the conclusion of the match, thousands of spectators ran onto the playing field. El Masry fans threw bottles and fireworks at the El Ahly players, who fled to their change rooms under police protection. The Masry fans were armed with stones and some carried knives. They attacked the El Ahly fans, who tried to flee, but were unable to do so, as at least some of the stadium gates were locked.〔 In the ensuing melees, 74 people were killed.〔 Some were stabbed and clubbed, while others were thrown off the stands or died in the stampede as they were trying to escape through a closed stadium gate in the back of the stands. Hisham Sheha, an official in the Egyptian health ministry, said the deaths were caused by stab wounds, brain hemorrhages, and concussions. Over 500 were injured.〔 At least 47 El Masry fans were initially arrested and 73 eventually faced trial.〔 The Egyptian army airlifted in soldiers by helicopter to rescue the players, who were stranded in their locker rooms.〔 El Ahly coach Manuel José was kicked and punched by El Masry fans while attempting to return to his locker room. He was afterwards taken to a police station. Both José and Mohamed Aboutrika reported that they witnessed Ahly fans die in the El Ahly locker room.〔http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/9057000/Egypt-football-riot-Al-Ahly-coach-Manuel-Jose-says-he-saw-fans-dying.html〕 As an immediate reaction to the disaster, Aboutrika decided to retire from football, along with other Egyptian international football stars Mohamed Barakat and Emad Moteab, while El Ahly coach Manuel José seriously considered leaving Egypt and retiring from coaching football.〔 (in Portuguese)〕 Video footage appears to show that the police were unable or unwilling to contain the attackers.〔 Eyewitnesses said that the police "did nothing to stop it", and "refused to open the closed gates" to allow the crowds to escape. The bureau chief of the Voice of America in Egypt received reports that police opened the barriers separating the El Ahly and El Masry supporters.〔 Another witness said that many people were allowed into the stadium without tickets.〔 ''The New York Times'' reported that a major factor in the riots was retaliation on the part of the authorities towards the Ultras Ahlawy, who were actively involved in Tahrir Square during the 2011 Egyptian revolution protests and during SCAF Tantawy's rule as they kept chanting Anti-Government Revolutionary chants in almost all Ahly games in the Egyptian Premier league. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Port Said Stadium riot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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