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Zamalek football club fan group Ultras White Knights announced yesterday their permanent disbanding by burning the group\u2019s banner in front of the Cairo Stadium, Al Shorouk reports<\/a>. Ultras Ahlawy \u2014 the comparable group for Al Ahly football club \u2014 had also announced its dissolution<\/a> earlier this month in similar fashion. Both groups have been charged by security authorities over the years with inciting violence, most notably for the 2012 Port Said massacre, which left 72 Al Ahly fans killed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Zamalek football club fan group Ultras White Knights announced yesterday their permanent disbanding by burning the group\u2019s banner in front of the Cairo Stadium, Al Shorouk reports. Ultras Ahlawy \u2014 the comparable group for Al Ahly football club \u2014 had also announced its dissolution earlier this month in similar fashion. 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