CAIRO: A civil security officer sustained serious head injuries and multiple fractures during clashes that took place in Cairo Stadium Sunday evening during the match between the Egypt’s Ahly and Tunisian Esperance.
Other officers and Esperance fans also sustained minor injuries.
Eleven Esperance fans were detained by Egyptian police and face charges of assaulting security personnel and causing unrest.
Clashes broke out after Ahly’s 2-1 Champion’s League win. According to police, the Esperance fans started attacking the civil defense officers.
The Tunisian fans also broke the chairs of the stadium and three them into the field.
Eye witnesses told Daily News Egypt that Tunisian fans initiated the attacks, grabbed the fire extinguishers that the security men were holding to break up the crowds and used them to beat the security officers.
In retaliation, some young Ahly fans gathered around the buses of the Tunisian fans after the match and hurled rocks at them.
According to police reports, the buses were secured and all the Tunisian fans were transported unharmed either to the airport or to their hotels which were guarded by security. –Additional reporting by Tamim Elyan.
