Egypt court sentences 11 to death over football violence

The mother of a soccer fan who died during the Port Said soccer stadium violence in 2012 cries outside a court at the Police Academy, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt May 30, 2015. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

CAIRO (Reuters) - A court sentenced 11 men to death on Tuesday for their part in Egypt's worst violence at a football stadium, in which more than 70 fans were killed in 2012.

Many of the dead were crushed when panicked fans tried to escape from the Port Said stadium after a post-match pitch invasion by supporters of the local side al-Masry. Others fell or were thrown from terraces, witnesses said at the time. More than 1,000 were injured.