Egypt Suspends Football League Indefinitely After 22 Fans Are Killed

Football fans were crushed in a stampede after police fired tear gas at supporters of Zamalek who were trying to gain entry to a match against city rivals ENPPI.

The fans are now blaming the police for forcing them through a narrow fenced-in passageway.

President Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi has also expressed "great sorrow" over the deaths and promised thorough investigations into the riot will carried out.

The Egyptian Premier League was last suspended in February 2012 after 74 fans were killed in a riot at a match in Port Said.

The league resumed the following year but supporters were banned from attending matches until December last year.

Since then, limited numbers have been allowed into stadiums.

By Tom Omulo.