Egypt soccer riot death fans blame police

Fans charged over Egypt’s deadliest football riot have protested their innocence at the opening of their trial, turning their anger on police widely believed to have helped in the killing of 75 members of a rival club.

Nine senior officers, including six police generals and a colonel, are among the 73 people charged in the case. If convicted, it would further fuel the widespread speculation that the country’s much-despised police force allowed the February 1 attack on a fan organisation with which they had a long history of rivalry.