Stampede at Egyptian stadium caused by tear gas – Tue, 10 Feb 2015 PST

CAIRO Survivors described it as a corridor of death: a narrow route of high, chain-link security fences and barbed wire that thousands of soccer fans were filing through before entering the stadium to watch their teamplay.

Then, mayhem broke out. Those at the front of the line were turned back by police. Those in the back continued to press forward. Jittery police fired tear gas into the middle of the crowd, creating what survivors said was like a whirlpool sucking people into a crush of bodies with no wayout.

The stampede killed 22 people Sunday night at the

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Egyptian students pray for people who were killed on Sunday in a riot outside the Air Defense Stadium, at Cairo University onMonday. (Full-size photo)

CAIRO Survivors described it as a corridor of death: a narrow route of high, chain-link security fences and barbed wire that thousands of soccer fans were filing through before entering the stadium to watch their teamplay.

Then, mayhem broke out. Those at the front of the line were turned back by police. Those in the back continued to press forward. Jittery police fired tear gas into the middle of the crowd, creating what survivors said was like a whirlpool sucking people into a crush of bodies with no wayout.

The stampede killed 22 people Sunday night at the Air Defense stadium, a military facility in an eastern suburb of Cairo, prior to the game between Egyptian Premier League clubs Zamalek andENPPI.

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Stampede at Egyptian stadium caused by tear gas - Tue, 10 Feb 2015 PST