Protesters clash with police in Cairo as anger mounts
- Demonstrators throw rocks at police, who respond with tear gas, as violent protests rock Cairo
- A prominent protester in the demonstrations that unseated Hosni Mubarak is hospitalized, an associate says
- He suffers a skull fracture after he is hit while trying to negotiate an end to the protests, an associate says
Cairo (CNN) — Demonstrators clashed with police outside the interior ministry in Cairo on Sunday as anger mounts over a deadly stampede at a soccer match that killed dozens last week.
Protests have rocked Egypt's capital since the riot erupted at a soccer match in Port Said city Wednesday, killing more than 80 and sparking angry rallies in the streets.
Fans of the hometown Al-Masry club stormed the field after a 3-1 win over Cairo's Al-Ahly club. Rival fans battled with rocks and chairs, with a crush of bodies suffocating as crowds attempted to flee and found their escape blocked by a locked steel gate, survivors said.
After the riots, throngs took to the streets and demanded the military-led government make reforms and improve security.
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African football in shock over riotsOutside the interior ministry in Cairo on Sunday, demonstrators threw rocks at police, who responded with tear gas, while a sit-in was held outside the parliament.
Fires erupted at a nearby shopping center while more than 200 women demonstrated outside parliament, chanting anti-military slogans and demanding control of the country be handed over to civilian power.
Meanwhile, the co-founder of the April 6 Youth Movement who was a major participant in the protests to topple Hosni Mubarak was hospitalized Saturday with a skull fracture, according to a friend.
Ahmed Maher was hit in the head with a heavy object while trying to negotiate an end to the latest protests outside the tax ministry, said Waleed Rashed, the co-founder of the youth group.
It was not immediately clear who was responsible for his injury. CNN could not immediately confirm Rashed's claim.
The military-led government has said that the country is undergoing a "sensitive and difficult time that is considered the most dangerous" and crucial to the nation's history.
"The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has always reiterated to the military forces that peaceful protests are a right to all people to state their demands," it said in a recent statement.
Mohamed Fadel Fahmy contributed to this report.
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