A third person has been shot and killed by Egyptian police in clashes following the deaths of 74 people in the worst football violence in 15 years.

An Egyptian protester covers his face to protect himself from tear gas fired by security forces during clashes in Cairo (Picture: Getty)

A volunteer doctor, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he feared for his life, said a protester had died of wounds from a shot fired at close range outside the Interior Ministry in Cairo.

A picture of the man killed in the Egyptian capital has reportedly been posted online by the man who took him to the hospital where he was declared dead.

Earlier two men were killed in Suez in clashes with police, leading to 3,000 people demonstrating in front of the city’s police headquarters.

Police responded with tear gas and then opened fire, witnesses said. Health official Mohammed Lasheen said the two men were killed by bullets. Fifteen other protesters were said to be wounded.


Also in Cairo protesters shut the doors of the People’s Assembly (parliament’s lower chamber) and refused to let MPs leave after it held an emergency session to debate the crisis.

Many believe a conspiracy is behind the riot, not simple incompetence by the authorities.

Witnesses at the game said security men did nothing as the riot began and some believe it was organised to destabilise Egypt a year after its revolution began.

Senior Egyptian football officials and police could now be jailed.

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Terror: A blood-spattered seat in the stadium (Picture: Reuters)

The governor of Port Said resigned, while the city’s director of security and head of investigations were suspended and are in custody.

Prime minister Kamal el-Ganzouri, dissolved the Egyptian Football Federation’s board.

‘It is not an isolated event, it is happening within a series of other incidents, it is the work of the devil,’ said the speaker of the Egyptian parliament, Mohamed al-Katatni.

‘This is a complete crime,’ said Abbas Mekhimar, head of the parliament’s defence committee.

‘This is part of the scenario of fuelling chaos against Egypt.’

The riot began when fans of the local team, Al-Masry, stormed the pitch following a rare 3-1 win against Al-Ahly.

Fans fled from rival supporters who were armed with knives, clubs and stones.

Pictures: Check out more pictures from the disturbances here