Post-match violence kills 74 in Egypt

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The cabinet and parliament are meeting, and Port Said’s governor has resigned.
Egypt’s public prosecutor has ordered the questioning of 52 people arrested after the riots, as well as the Port Said governor and the city’s security chief, who was sacked earlier.
Parliament opened with a minute’s silence.
Speaker Mohamed Saad al-Katatni said the riots were the “work of the devil” and that Egypt’s revolution was “in danger”.
Funerals were expected to be held after noon (10:00 GMT) prayers in Port Said. All Egyptian premier-league matches have been postponed indefinitely, and reports say the leadership of the country’s football federation has been sacked.
The Confederation of African Football said a minute’ silence would be held at the quarter-final matches of the African Cup of Nations at the weekend.
World football body Fifa said it was “in mourning” and had asked Egypt for a full report on the incidents.
Demonstrators, many of them al-Ahly supporters known as Ultras, used metal barriers and vehicles to close Tahrir Square, the scene of huge protests last year which led to the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak.
Others are marching from the club’s headquarters towards the interior ministry.
The BBC’s Jon Leyne in Cairo says there is a mood of extreme bitterness. Many supporters believe police were incompetent, or had actively provoked the unrest.
“People are really angry, you could see the rage in their eyes,” al-Ahly supporter Mohammed Abdel Hamid told the BBC.
Our correspondent says Egyptian fans are notoriously violent, particularly the Ultras. They have been heavily implicated in confronting the police during recent political protests, he adds, and there is speculation that the security forces may have had an interest in taking them on. – AFP.