(ANSAmed) - CAIRO, MARCH 17 - The Egypt public prosecutor's
office charged the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood organization with
involvement in the violence that occurred last month at a
stadium in the Egyptian capital in which 22 people died.
Charges were filed against 16 fans including 12 from the
Muslim Brotherhood who allegedly ''provided funds and explosive
material'' to ''demolish the state's foundations'', according to
a statement issued by the prosecutor's office.
The aim was allegedly to get the football championship
suspended again and cause the economic conference held last week
in Sharm El Sheikh to fail - a conference in which Egypt raked
in tens of billions of dollars in investment.
The February 8 clashes between 'White Knights' fans and the
police sparked a clash that ended in the death of 22 fans (some
reports say 19, but the official figure from the prosecutor's
office is 22).
The Egyptian championship was suspended indefinitely after
the deaths and at the end of month a committee was announced
that was tasked with organizing a resumption. The incidents that
had preceded the premier league match between the Zamalek and
Enppi teams happened only a week after the period of closed-door
matches - imposed after an even more serious football massacre
in Port Said in which 74 were killed in February 2012 - had
ended.
The killings were allegedly linked to mostly political
reasons, as the attackers were mostly supporters of former
president Hosni Mubarak (who had been ousted a year before) and
the Ahlawy Ultras killed were famous for their revolutionary
slogans. (ANSAmed).
