Attempts to ban Egyptian militant soccer fan group gather momentum
By James M. Dorsey
An Egyptian prosecutor has set the stage for the banning of a group of hard-core, militant soccer fans by charging them with accepting money and explosives from the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to stage last month’s Cairo football riot in which 22 people were killed.
The prosecutor, Hesham Barakat, said the brawl, which erupted when poli…
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