30 June Stadium stampede [SEP] point in time
30 June Stadium stampede
During the 30 June Stadium stampede, 20 football fans died on 8 February 2015 in a confrontation with the police at the gates of 30 June Stadium during a league match between two Cairo clubs, Zamalek and ENPPI. The death toll was expected to rise. Most of the dead were suffocated when the crowd stampeded after police used tear gas to clear the fans trying to force their way into the stadium.
Reactions.
Reactions Domestic.
- The Cabinet of Egypt decided to stop the league for
confederation cup.and Zamalek have won continental championships and many tournaments in the rest of the games.
History Zamalek disasters.
The year 1974 saw a deadly crush at a Zamalek game, as at least forty-eight people attending the friendly game against Czechoslovak club Dukla Prague were killed in a stampede at the Helmy Zamora Stadium.
The second disaster was in 2015, 8 February, twenty supporters died outside the stadium in a crowding incident in the process of entering the 30 June Stadium.
History Name changes.
- Kasr El