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UPDATED: 73 Dead in Egypt Soccer Match

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UPDATED: This is breaking news it will be updated. This is non financial news, but is a tragedy and for (selfish) people solely focused on finance can move oil (Egypt controls the Suez canal).

Witnesses and medics say that 40 are dead after a Soccer match. Sources are now stating that over 73 people died. The death toll is rapidly increasing as more information becomes available.

UPDATED: 73 Dead in Egypt Soccer Match

The incident appears to have occurred as fans rushed the field after the game was over.

Among the dead were security officers. Most of the victims reportedly died from suffocation or head injuries.

The incident was the worst in decades for a sports event in Egypt.

There was a large absence of police forces, which exacerbated the violence and death toll.

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Sources: AP and Al Jazeera

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