Egypt’s top prosecutor has charged nine senior police officers with assisting a murderous mob of soccer fans who killed 74 rivals last month.

Clashes have erupted in Cairo between protesters and police as the government scrambles to contain mounting anger over post-football match violence.

Incensed Egyptians have laid the blame for a deadly riot on the Port Said security chief after an explosion of soccer violence left 74 people dead.

A riot that erupted after a soccer match in the Egyptian city of Port Said has killed at least 74 people and left hundreds more injured.

Riots after a football match in Egypt’s Port Said have left at least 73 people dead and hundreds injured.