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After five days' of searching, Mahmoud Hemdan found his brother 'beaten and tortured' at a Cairo police station before he was charged over a deadly football stadium stampede.

A large number of football fans were killed outside an Egyptian stadium on Sunday when security forces barred fans from entering. Fans trying to force their way into a league match between two Cairo clubs, Zamalek and Enppi.

Twenty-two people were killed Sunday in clashes between Egyptian police and Zamalek football cub fans at a Cairo stadium, the state prosecutor said, in the country's deadliest sports violence since dozens died at a match in 2012.

Football games in Egypt with large crowds have been rare since a riot incident at a stadium in 2012 in the Mediterranean city of Port Said, where more than 70 people were killed.

Fans of Cairo's Al-Ahly club have stormed Egypt's soccer federation headquarters, setting it ablaze in anger after a court acquitted seven of nine police officials on trial for their alleged role in deadly stadium melee last year.

A court in Cairo was set on Saturday to deliver a verdict on 52 people allegedly involved in a deadly football stadium riot, in a case that has already sparked widespread violence and threats of further unrest.

About 300 angry fans stormed the headquarters of Egypt's Football Association in Cairo on Wednesday, protesting a decision to resume league games next month before bringing to justice perpetrators of a deadly stadium riot.

The 25th African Cup of Nations began on Friday with Cairo's International Stadium playing host to a spectacular opening ceremony.

After five days' of searching, Mahmoud Hemdan found his brother 'beaten and tortured' at a Cairo police station before he was charged over a deadly football stadium stampede.

A large number of football fans were killed outside an Egyptian stadium on Sunday when security forces barred fans from entering. Fans trying to force their way into a league match between two Cairo clubs, Zamalek and Enppi.

Twenty-two people were killed Sunday in clashes between Egyptian police and Zamalek football cub fans at a Cairo stadium, the state prosecutor said, in the country's deadliest sports violence since dozens died at a match in 2012.

Football games in Egypt with large crowds have been rare since a riot incident at a stadium in 2012 in the Mediterranean city of Port Said, where more than 70 people were killed.

Fans of Cairo's Al-Ahly club have stormed Egypt's soccer federation headquarters, setting it ablaze in anger after a court acquitted seven of nine police officials on trial for their alleged role in deadly stadium melee last year.

A court in Cairo was set on Saturday to deliver a verdict on 52 people allegedly involved in a deadly football stadium riot, in a case that has already sparked widespread violence and threats of further unrest.

About 300 angry fans stormed the headquarters of Egypt's Football Association in Cairo on Wednesday, protesting a decision to resume league games next month before bringing to justice perpetrators of a deadly stadium riot.

The 25th African Cup of Nations began on Friday with Cairo's International Stadium playing host to a spectacular opening ceremony.