Many Egyptians, from the public to lawmakers, on Thursday blamed the police and the country's ruling military for failing to prevent rioting among fans that resulted in the world's worst soccer violence in 15 years. A narrow stadium exit turned into a postgame death trap Wednesday as crowds of fans fleeing armed supporters of the winning team rushed into the corridor, only to be crushed against a locked gate, their rivals attacking from behind, survivors and witnesses said. The carnage: At least 74 people crushed, suffocated or stabbed to death in the Mediterranean coastal city of Port Said, and hundreds injured. "Layers of people" were "stuck over each other because there was no other exit," Ahmed Ghaffar, a fan, tweeted Thursday. "We were between two choices, either death coming from behind us, or the closed doors." Read more: http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/story/_/id/7531672/egyptians-blame-military-deadly-soccer-riot
