At least 30 dead in Port Said, officials say, in clashes triggered by the sentencing to death of 21 local people during the riots of football in Egypt.
Supporters of the defendants tried to storm the prison that held and attacked police stations.
The 21 were sentenced during the riots that killed 74 people after a football game at the Port Said Stadium in February.
Violence Saturday following a day of unrest on the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak.
National defence of Egypt Board, led by Chairman Mohammed Morsi, has condemned the violence and calls for dialogue, saying that he would consider declaring a curfew in the areas affected if necessary.
Thousands of people took the streets Friday to express their opposition to the Islamist president, accusing him of betraying the revolution.
Continue reading the main story 74 people killed in Port Said stadium on 2 February 2012Clashes has broken out between rival fans of clubs al-Masry and flooded field offensive Ahly players and fans as game endedMost died of a concussion, cuts and suffocationThe more dead people historyAt at least seven for the Egyptian football al-AhlyFans was killed and more than 450 injured in unrest across Egypt.The 21 defendants sentenced to death Saturday have been fans of the club al-Masry Port Said. When the verdicts were announced by a judge at the Court of Cairo, relatives of the victims applauded.
However, the decision has been supporters of the defendants to go on a rampage in Port Said. Two policemen were shot dead outside the prison of the city and strengthening of the security of the State has reportedly set on fire.
At least 28 people were killed and about 300 were wounded in further clashes, said officials.
Two football players were among those killed in clashes Saturday, reported State News Agency Mena. They are goalkeeper former al-Masry al-Fahlah of Tahir and Muhammad al-Dadhawi, a player to a club lower Port Said.
The violence has continued despite the deployment of units of the army in the streets of the city.
Meanwhile, in Cairo, clashes also erupted between police and protesters near the Ministry of the Interior of the Egypt. Police fired tear gas in an attempt to prevent them from reaching the building.
Stones and FireworksLast year football riots led to the suspension of the League.
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Yolande knell BBC News Cairo and Port Said have seen dramatic clashes in the past 24 hours, but for different reasons.
Ultras, die-hard fans of al-Ahly, the most successful club of the Egypt, invaded the streets of the capital to show satisfaction after 21 people were sentenced to death for their role in the violence of football last February.
They waved the Red of their club flag as they clashed with police near Tahrir square, where crowds had gathered earlier to mark the second anniversary of the uprising of January 25.
Ultras played a key role in the protests that brought down president Mubarak. Many think that the Loyalists Mubarak hatched a plot to target them to the game outside of al-Ahly to the team of al-Masry Port Said and criticize the police for failing to act.
In Port Said, the violence broke out, to the Criminal Court, when members of the family of the condemned men rushed forward to try to release them, killing two police officers. Ultras al-Masry also the carnage. They argue that these verdicts were political.
They began minutes after the match, al-Masry fans invaded the field, throwing stones and Fireworks to visit supporters of al Ahly Cairo club.A section of supporters of al-Ahly, known as "ultras", played a key role in the protests against the former president Mubarak.
Some accused supporters of the overthrown head of inciting violence in Port Said. They also accused the police of doing little to prevent the violence.
Seventy-three people, including nine police officers, were found during the fighting stage. Neither is al-Ahly fans.
The judge said that he would announce verdicts for the remaining defendants on March 9.
Economic "collapse".Friday saw a large anti-Government rally in Tahrir square in Cairo, with supporters of the opposition of the clashes with the police.
There were also disturbances in 12 of the country's 27 provinces. At least six of the deaths occurred in Suez.
In Ismailia, demonstrators set fire to the headquarters of freedom and Justice, the domestic political Muslim Brotherhood. Siege of the city governorate was later also supported assault.
The liberal opposition accuses Mr. Morsi to be autocratic and led by a new constitution that does not adequately protect the freedom of expression or religion.
The Government is also responsible for the worsening of the economic crisis.
One of the protesters in the Cairo's Tahrir square Momen Asour said he had come to demand an end to the rule of president Morsi.
"We have not seen anything, nor freedom, or social justice or a solution to unemployment or any investment," he said. "On the contrary, the economy has collapsed."
President Morsi and his allies have rejected the request, saying that they have a democratic mandate after the recent elections. The constitution, drawn up by a body dominated by the Islamists, was approved by a referendum last month.
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