As part of Ultras Ahlawy and a man who almost went to Port Said that night if it werent for a last minute job interview that morning I am deeply in a grave state of mind still and personally lost 4 close friends on top of a number of brothers in the group.
Here is the account of one of our heads who was at the game:
there is 3 elements to what happened considering ultras ahlawy has been so vocal against the army in the last 2 months ( following the death of our member mohamed mustafa in november with a bullet in his back by the army)
our last tifo last week end was ahlawy revolutionary and we chanted heavily against army and had a tifo saying they were thugs
what happened last night was the price we had to pay
1- the police which allowed them to enter with weapons in the stadium and allowed them to invade the pitch three times during the match and after every goal without any interference which is imposible in egypt and not usual
2-the army that locked the door that leads to the large area behind the away end and the away toilets with a lock and nobody to protect it , t my friend from zamalek who indirectly said people died because they cramped with the door closed should know that police lock the door when there is cops inside the and outside the gate not usual to lock this particular door that leads to toiletts and the person who lock it disspears 2 ms before the end of the match with already dozens of people on the running track and a pitch invasion so obvious as there was nobody in this area and people were trying to get into this area for 20 ms without anybody in sight from the police
3- hatred between us and them that goes back since the 30's this always been a high risk match , it was the only away trip my dad tried to tell me to not go from going to some 15 yrs ago long before there was ultras or organised supporters group as violence has been a fixture between the two set of supporters since forever ( ahly and ismaily is considered to be more dangerous in the media but portsaid is a far tougher and intimidating city) i dont know if they were aware of this police and army conspiracy or not but fair play to them they came prepared to kill us ( a message they had in the 1st day saying " your death is here" ) we were handed to them on a silver plate and they took advantage of this perfectly , this is a big loss to us in a very unfair situation , there is no rules there thats their mentality and we paid a heavy price
you win some , you lose some
sadly this was a very heavy loss
riot police was standing infront of the away end like its usual in all games in the egyptian league, two lines : one behind the goal and one infront of the curva as there is a large running track
they invaded the pitch with huge numbers and attacked our players
we were worried about our players even some of the boys tried to jump to protect players
suddenly when they came down on the running track infront of us the riot police behind the goal went to the sides and let them pass and the 2nd line infront of our curva disspeared and they were throwing signal rockets straight on people and flares and stones so we had to go back a few rows
there is 3 yellow gates infront of the away end one near the players tunnel it was closed , the other two one in the middle one on the other side were somehow open and the all the stadium entered , as you can see there is 5 metres of garden before the away end after these gates and a fence we need to jump to reach these doors
so we didnt even have time to react and meet them on the door as we were taken by surprise to be honest as it all happened in 30 seconds and not something youd ever see in Egypt with tons of riots police on the fence
suddenly there were inside armed with everything you can imagine , this pictures show a white stick they all had with them inside the curva , how they entered with that amount of sticks inside the stadium in a high risk game is beyond me
some had air knives ( the one that kills if stabbed) guns these white sticks
a few people ran to the tunnel that leads to the large area behind the away end and to the horror of the people that went there it was locked with a big lock , doors in egypt are never locked with a big lock just cops that prevent you from going out
the people that stood and fought were either stabbed , shot , strangled or thrown from the curva to the large area beneath
the people that tried to escape were caught on the stairway leading to the tunnel and a lot of people died because of this as masry fans werent happy they were being crashed to death they throw flares on them to make sure it was a massacre
it is a tragedy , every 3 hours you hear a new name of another friend that died
ultras is a way of life and not death
sadly this was a very heavy loss
police and army wanted to punish us, they used their hatred against us
too many brainless animals without honor
one of the most important songs in our curva says
" the greatest club in the universe
if the whole world is against you
i will always be madly in love with you
the day you win a is a day of celebration for me
i will never be far from you
THE DAY I WILL STOP SINGING
IS THE DAY IM DEAD"
we always sing louder the last two sentences and i guess next time we sing it , we will sing it louder than ever and we will be thinking of all our friends that this sentence represents their life and represents their death
That's the story