Police Kill Protesters As Anger Erupts In Suez

At least two people have been shot and killed by Egyptian police in the city of Suez amid protests sparked by the deaths of 74 people at a football game.

Witnesses said demonstrators were trying to break into a police station when shots were fired.

"We received two corpses of protesters shot dead by live ammunition," said a doctor at a morgue where the bodies were kept.

It comes as hundreds of people were injured in the capital, Cairo, as crowds attempted to gain entry to the interior ministry building.

Thousands took to the streets following 74 deaths at a match on Wednesday.

After Port Said's Al Masry won 3-1, supporters armed with knives, sticks and stones swarmed onto the pitch.

Fans and players from Cairo club Al Ahly were forced to flee for their lives, running towards the exits and up the stands to escape.

State television ran footage of riot police standing in rows as the carnage erupted around them.

The incident quickly developed into a political crisis as protesters accused the military-led authorities of being responsible for the bloodshed.

In Cairo, several thousand protesters remained on the streets around the ministry on Thursday night.

"This was not a sports accident, this was a military massacre!" they have been shouting.

Now, however, people demanding retribution for the deaths are facing a fierce crackdown by the authorities.

Tear gas was fired at those gathered on the streets on Thursday and motorbikes screeched through the crowds carrying those who had collapsed to waiting ambulances.

Others were able to stagger away, choking and eyes streaming, before slumping on the pavements as more protesters ran forwards towards the police lines.

One woman, her eyes red and her make-up smeared across her face, told Sky News she had joined the protest to make sure "they don't just kill us all".

"If we're not here they will kill people," she said pointing towards the interior ministry.

Many of the young men determined to join the battle had come ready with masks to protect themselves from the gas.

Many waved Al Ahly flags in a show of solidarity for the dead.

"We want revenge," one said.

"Either it will come with the military stepping down or we will take it ourselves."

Cairo-based Middle East analyst Omar Ashour told Sky News: "They feel that they were victimised by the security services in Port Said and they are coming here to say they want revenge.

"I think there will be very serious political consequences, whether on an institutional level in the parliament or on the streets of Cairo."

More protests are planned for Friday, including in the city of Alexandria.