The Court of Cassation has upheld death sentences yesterday against 10 people convicted in the Port Said stadium riot that killed over 70 Al Ahly fans in 2012. “The verdict by the Court of Cassation is final. The defendants were charged with murder, along with other charges. The court also upheld convictions of 22 suspects who received up to 10 years imprisonment over the rioting. A total of 11 defendants were sentenced to death but one remains at large and was tried in absentia,” Maggie Michael writes for The Associated Press.

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