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Deadly clashes in Egypt after soccer club banned

One person was shot dead and 18 injured when angry soccer fans clashed with security forces in Egypt's Port Said after their club was banned over the country's worst stadium disaster, a medical source said on Saturday.

The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) banned the club, al-Masry, for two seasons for a pitch invasion that killed 74 fans in February 2012, the most deadly incident since the protests that toppled President Hosni Mubarak in 2011.

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