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People crowd a train station in Cairo, Egypt waiting for their friends and relatives' arrival from Port Said on Feb. 2, 2012 after the country's worst ever soccer violence. A man, right, carries a poster that reads, "Rest in peace, who is behind this? We are with those who lost their relatives."
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An injured man is carried after arriving from Port Said at a train station in Cairo on Feb. 2, 2012.
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Soldiers transfer a wounded fan of Al-Ahly upon his arrival in Cairo aboard a military plane on Feb. 2, 2012.
msnbc.com news services report:
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Blood is seen on a seat in the Port Said stadium. Feb. 2, 2012.
The head of Egypt's ruling military council, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, vowed Thursday to track down those behind soccer violence that killed at least 74 people in Port Said, speaking in a rare phone call to an Egyptian TV channel.
"These kind of events can happen anywhere in the world but we will not let those behind this get away," Tantawi said, speaking to the sports television channel owned by Al Ahly, one of the teams playing. He said victims would receive compensation after their cases were examined.
At least 47 people were arrested in connection with the melee, Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim said. Read the full story.
Follow NBC News correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin on Twitter for updates from Cairo and see earlier pictures from Port Said on PhotoBlog.
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A shoe is seen inside the goal net one day after soccer supporters clashed at the Port Said stadium. Feb. 2, 2012.
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Women mourn at a morgue in Cairo on Feb. 2, 2012.
At least 74 people were killed and hundreds more injured when rival soccer fans in Egypt rioted after a match. NBC's Ayman Mohyeldin reports from Cairo.
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egyptians have a history of enslaving its people, don't they?
The terrorists hijacked the Arab spring. Kiss your Arab ass good-bye.
I wish people would quit calling other humans animals when they behave badly, it's not fair to animals to be compared to humans.
What a total clusterf**k.
Obama's foreign policy via Hillary, Arab Spring, is becoming an Arab, lava-spewing geyser.
Sadly, in the Arab/Moslem culture hate and violence are the organizing forces. Usually the hate and violence is directed outwards at non-Moslems and non-Arabs. Occasionally it's directed inwards, as in the conflict between Sunni Moslems and Shia Moslems. What happened today is not their typical ethnic intolerance, religious bigotry or jihad violence. I believe that Egypt is now a fractured society. This is a bad sign. The radical Islamic regime set to take over Egypt will probably use the ruse that most dictatorships employ to keep tight control of a seething population. The Muslim brotherhood is likely to precipitate a war in order to keep Egyptians under their thumbs.
May 24, 1964 - Lima, Peru; 318 people are killed and another 500 injured in riots at National Stadium after Argentina beats Peru in an Olympic qualifying match. The pandemonium breaks out when the referee disallows a Peruvian goal in the final two minutes.
March 4, 1971 - Salvador, Brazil; A fight and a wild rush broke out in the grandstands, killing four and injuring 1,500.
Feb. 17, 1974 - Cairo, Egypt; Crowds attempting to enter a club game broke down barriers and 49 people were trampled to death.
Oct. 31, 1976 - Yaounde, Cameroon; After a penalty kick was awarded to Cameroon in a World Cup qualifying match vs. the Congo, the Congolese goalie attacked the Gambian referee. A fight broke out and the president of Cameroon, watching the game at home on television, sent in paratroopers by helicopter. Two bystanders died.
Dec. 6, 1976 - Port-au-Prince, Haiti; At a World Cup qualifier between Haiti and Cuba, the visitors scored and a Haitian fan set off a firecracker. Fans thought it was gunfire and panicked, knocking down a soldier, whose gun went off and killed a small boy and girl in the crowd. Further panic caused two people to be trampled to death, and one man died jumping over a wall. The soldier committed suicide.
Oct. 20, 1982 - Moscow; 340 are reportedly killed at a European Cup match between Soviet club Spartak Moscow and Haarlem of the Netherlands. Police are blamed for pushing fans down a narrow, icy staircase before the end of the match. When a late goal is scored, exiting fans try to re-enter the stadium and create a “human mincer.” Moscow officials dispute the claims made in the publication of the Soviet Sports Committee, saying only 61 died and police did not push fans.
May 29, 1985 - Brussels, Belgium; 39 people are killed at the European Champions Cup Final at Heysel Stadium when riots break out and a wall separating rival fans of England’s Liverpool and Italy’s Juventus of Turin collapses.
March 10, 1987 - Tripoli, Libya; 20 people are killed when panic-stricken fans flee knife-wielding ruffians and trigger the collapse of a wall. (This report conflicted with those from the Libyan state news agency JANA, which said two people were killed and 16 were hospitalized.)
Jan. 13, 1991 - Orkney, South Africa; at least 40 people are killed, most of them trampled or crushed along riot-control fences that surround the field, when fans panic and try to escape brawls that break out in the grandstand.
July 14, 1996 - Tripoli, Libya; A riot at a soccer match involving a team controlled by a son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi killed or injured up to 50 people. No exact figures were reported in the Libyan-controlled press.
April 23, 2000 - Monrovia, Liberia; At least three reported dead and others injured as thousands of fans forced their way into an overcrowded stadium for a World Cup qualifier between Liberia and Chad.
July 9, 2000 - Harare, Zimbabwe; Thirteen people died after a stampede at World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Zimbabwe.
And people want to bash Bama fans. Nice.
Must have been a hellofa game.
In the infamous words of Hussein o, "Mubarel Must Go!" So the world can have more Fanatical Muslim Rule.
Don't they know that today is Groundhog Day and they keep on playing those stupid soccer games?
That wouldn't have happened if they allowed women in the game!
as an aside, "God bless the Occupy Wall Street movement." They represent the only real truth in the USA . i looked at the picture around the train where the rioting occurred and i don't have much hope for these people. you have to have some emotional control to live in a civilized society.
These uncivilized arab countries need dictators, they are the only ones who can keep these animals under control.....
Ah, Soccer - that kinder gentler more civilized, enlightened, cerebral, boring european sport. I don't want to ever again hear how violent football is!
Why hold the gov't and security responsible. Are the fans not responsible for their actions? Just another tragic story about idiot, out of control sports fans! It's just a freaking soccer match for crying out loud!
Where was the drone with its missiles? We could have wiped out thousands of them. Oh well. Maybe next time.
What a bunch of idiots. They do not deserve freedom. They can not even live in peace with them selves.
May 24, 1964 - Lima, Peru; 318 people are killed and another 500 injured in riots at National Stadium after Argentina beats Peru in an Olympic qualifying match. The pandemonium breaks out when the referee disallows a Peruvian goal in the final two minutes.
March 4, 1971 - Salvador, Brazil; A fight and a wild rush broke out in the grandstands, killing four and injuring 1,500.
Feb. 17, 1974 - Cairo, Egypt; Crowds attempting to enter a club game broke down barriers and 49 people were trampled to death.
Oct. 31, 1976 - Yaounde, Cameroon; After a penalty kick was awarded to Cameroon in a World Cup qualifying match vs. the Congo, the Congolese goalie attacked the Gambian referee. A fight broke out and the president of Cameroon, watching the game at home on television, sent in paratroopers by helicopter. Two bystanders died.
Dec. 6, 1976 - Port-au-Prince, Haiti; At a World Cup qualifier between Haiti and Cuba, the visitors scored and a Haitian fan set off a firecracker. Fans thought it was gunfire and panicked, knocking down a soldier, whose gun went off and killed a small boy and girl in the crowd. Further panic caused two people to be trampled to death, and one man died jumping over a wall. The soldier committed suicide.
Oct. 20, 1982 - Moscow; 340 are reportedly killed at a European Cup match between Soviet club Spartak Moscow and Haarlem of the Netherlands. Police are blamed for pushing fans down a narrow, icy staircase before the end of the match. When a late goal is scored, exiting fans try to re-enter the stadium and create a “human mincer.” Moscow officials dispute the claims made in the publication of the Soviet Sports Committee, saying only 61 died and police did not push fans.
May 29, 1985 - Brussels, Belgium; 39 people are killed at the European Champions Cup Final at Heysel Stadium when riots break out and a wall separating rival fans of England’s Liverpool and Italy’s Juventus of Turin collapses.
March 10, 1987 - Tripoli, Libya; 20 people are killed when panic-stricken fans flee knife-wielding ruffians and trigger the collapse of a wall. (This report conflicted with those from the Libyan state news agency JANA, which said two people were killed and 16 were hospitalized.)
Jan. 13, 1991 - Orkney, South Africa; at least 40 people are killed, most of them trampled or crushed along riot-control fences that surround the field, when fans panic and try to escape brawls that break out in the grandstand.
July 14, 1996 - Tripoli, Libya; A riot at a soccer match involving a team controlled by a son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi killed or injured up to 50 people. No exact figures were reported in the Libyan-controlled press.
April 23, 2000 - Monrovia, Liberia; At least three reported dead and others injured as thousands of fans forced their way into an overcrowded stadium for a World Cup qualifier between Liberia and Chad.
July 9, 2000 - Harare, Zimbabwe; Thirteen people died after a stampede at World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Really! It is so nice of you to think of us as animals. FYI what happened wasn’t about soccer at all, it was perfectly planned to increase the tension of the situation in Egypt more & more. Maybe, if your country didn’t stick its nose were it doesn’t belong, none of this would happened.
And Muslims do not care about what religion you believe in, we Muslims respect all religions, we only fight those who come to fight us at our door steps.
But you people interfere in everything, you interfere in our media, in our politics, in our economy, in our education system & can’t let us breathe because of your fake democracy that you are trying to convince us with. You poison everything by coming to our country & making Christians hate the Muslims & vice versa. I guess you didn’t hear about the illegal organizations & its activities; which your country had opened for us under the name of charity & when the government had finally noticed the real intentions behind it & decided to close them, your country started to threaten us. How dare you interfere in our business, mind your own business & enough damage already!!
We maybe have ignorance, we maybe have poverty but we have dignity & we don’t need your help nor your fake democracy.
P.S: the people who were standing on the train weren’t standing because they were friends to the victims. They were standing because; we the Egyptian people care about each other & what happens to one of us injuries us all, something human which you are not aware of & maybe they were standing on the train because there were no other place to stand on it, which is something you will never do for anyone you know.
Goodnight!!