Port Said stadium reopens six years after 72 killed


Soccer Football - African Confederation Cup - Al Masry vs Green Buffaloes - Al Masry stadium, Port Said, Egypt- February 10, 2018 General view of the stadium before the match REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

PORT SAID, Egypt (Reuters) - Football returned to the Port Said Stadium, site of the death of 72 people in Egypt’s worst violence at a soccer stadium, for the first time since the 2012 disaster on Saturday.

Home club Al Masry beat Green Buffaloes of Zambia 4-0 on the opening weekend of action in this year’ African Confederation Cup.

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