Egyptian Football Fans attacked in Sudan

Egyptian fans going to support the national team playing for the World Cup qualification game against Algeria were attacked in Sudan after the Algerian team won 1-0. 

Buses going to the Airport were surrounded by Algerian fans throwing stones, breaking glasses.

Egyptian Talk Show AL Kahira Al Youm (Cairo Today), reported that many Egyptians are in great danger and were seriously injured where some of them managed to hide in several places.

Phone calls were aired on the show, with many Egyptians panicking and seeking the help of security forces. Presenters including Amr Adib were losing their tempers angrily shouting on air the information.

Security forces are still trying to control the situation sending rescue to the fans in order for them to reach the airport.Other sources say that planes already started to take off.

Sources who phoned the show from London said Algerians have been attacking Egyptians in London with one attack reported near Edgware road in London.

Facebook Users Updates

Facebook's statuses updates and video postings about these attacks were constantly being updated. People are angry, outraged and disgusted:

Many are worried about their relatives or their friends trying to get back from Sudan. Some posts included emergency numbers for people stuck in Sudan.

Others were letting know people that planes are ready to take off from the stadium or have arrived from Khartoum in Cairo.

Other news sources?

Other than the Egyptian press, I still haven't seen any other news report from any other news agencies. Why is that? Not in the Agenda? Where are the correspondents?

It is not important enough that people are being attacked over a football game?

And the Egyptian team lost what would have happened if we had won!!

I cannot believe I am not able to get a proper news source updating me on the situation. Thank you Facebook.

National Outrage

As every Egyptian I am outraged, I was rather sad and disappointed when Egypt lost the game but now I do not even have words to describe how I feel.

It is not football anymore, it is becoming politics but ugly politics.

The point was to go to the World Cup in 2010 to be proud of our Egyptian team but not to turn these games into a war leading us to despise, insult and attack a nation.