Egypt: Police continue to tear gas protestors

Egyptian football fans held a mass demonstration against the military council in the iconic Tahrir Square on Friday, a day they chose to call Friday of Anger.

The fans, or Ultras as they call themselves, are said to have led the uprising against former president Hosni Mubarak last year.

But this time they were rallying in anger at the nation’s worst football related violence which killed 75 people on Wednesday. The Ultras claim Mubarak loyalists were behind the riots, which flared up after popular Cairo club al-Ahly lost away to al-Masry.

While the majority of the casualties were victims of a stampede, the protesters blame military authorities for the disaster. According to critics, the incident bears witness to the way the military has been governing the country, which has failed to generate progressive stability after Mubarak’s ouster.

One protester said the took to the streets demanding justice for those killed but the police has been retaliating with teargas, which is only exacerbating the current state of the situation.

Meanwhile demonstrators near the Interior Ministry in Cairo say they feel betrayed by security forces as their initial peace agreement was met by tear gas attacks after relatively calm Friday prayers.

The clashes between residents and police forces entered their third day. Over 2,000 people have been injured since the violence broke out while two people died from birdshot wounds overnight in the canal city of Suez.