The Egyptian court ruling tied to a soccer riot spurred clashes that left at least 32 people dead on Saturday, this is the latest round of violence in the unsettled North African nation.
In addition to those killed, more than 300 were wounded when people in the northeastern city of Port Said clashed with authorities outside a prison where their kin were being held, the head of Port Said hospitals told state-run Nile TV.
"They were angry because 21 of their relatives had just been sentenced to death for their role in a February 1 riot in a Port Said stadium".
That violence begat more on Saturday, after some of the defendants' relatives tried to storm the Port Said prison to free their loved ones being held inside says the Interior Ministry spokesman Brig. Gen. Osmama Ismail told Nile TV.
Some were Bittered by the sentence but some were in great Jubilant as they believed that Justice has been Served.
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