At least 22 people were killed last night in the clashes between police of football fans before the first meeting of the Egyptian league open to the public since 2012.
The clashes broke out before the match in front of a stadium northeast of Cairo, where supporters of Zamalek football club tried to force back into the enclosure.
The police used tear gas to disperse them, and supporters fired fireworks, police and witnesses quoted by AFP.
The government immediately "suspended the championship until further notice". And the Egyptian Football Federation has reinstated a ban for the public to attend matches recalling painful memories of 2012 at Port Said.
Following a meeting of supporters of both clubs clashed outside and on the land 74 dead and hundreds injured. Since then, the authorities had limited access to stadiums.
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