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The incident occurred at the end of a match between Port Said-based al-Masry and Cairo's Al Ahly, the most successful club in Africa. Witnesses to the February 2 incident had said hundreds of al-Masry supporters surged across the pitch to the visitors' end causing panicked Ahly fans to dash for the exit. But the steel doors were bolted shut and dozens were crushed to death in the stampede. Many believe the incident was sparked by hired thugs. Thabet spoke of instigators who had used thugs and hardcore soccer fans to take "advantage of the tension surrounding the game to achieve some political gains," but without giving further details. "We will announce their names," he said. Critics of the military-led authorities had laid the blame on the government, some saying the violence was planned to create an air of chaos that would add to the case for army rule. Thabet said fans were not inspected while entering the stands and there was a lack of order inside and outside the stadium. "Security facilitated, allowed and enabled this massacre," he said. The security forces had failed to predict trouble and control the crowd stampede, he added. He also laid blame on "Ultras," the hardcore soccer fans who regularly confront riot police at matches and have been on the front line of confrontations with the security forces since the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak from power. Most Egyptian teams have their own group of Ultras. Thabet said there had been tension between the fans before the match. "Both ultras and thugs attacked Ahly fans and this is part of Ultras' culture," Thabet said. Similar instances of pitch invasions had occurred in Port Said in the past few months, Thabet said, but without causing casualties. Demonstrators blaming the security forces for the deaths targeted the Interior Ministry in downtown Cairo in protest at what some saw as police complacency. Others said the security forces had a role in igniting trouble. 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