Riots erupted in the Cairo for a second day on Friday, following Egypt's defeat in a World Cup soccer qualifying match played against Algeria in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum earlier in the week.
Riots broke out on Thursday after thousands of angry Egyptian football fans gathered outside Algeria's embassy in Cairo, following reports that Egyptians were attacked by Algerian fans after the football match in Sudan on Wednesday.
The riots lasted through Thursday night and continued in Friday. Hundreds of riot police battled with angry demonstrators outside the Algerian embassy in Cairo on Friday after the protest turned violent, with demonstrators hurling rocks and petrol bombs at the police.
Media reports suggested that some 15 cars and several buildings were damaged in the violent protests, which left 35 people injured, including 11 police officers.
Cairo claims that Egyptian football fans were attacked by Algerians after the football match in Khartoum on Wednesday, leaving 21 of them injured. The match saw Algeria emerging victorious with a 1-0 margin and topping the pool, effectively ending Egypt's dreams of entering the World Cup finals in South Africa next year.
Following the attacks on its football fans at Khartoum, Egypt on Thursday recalled its ambassador to Algeria for "consultations" over violence targeting Egyptian businesses in Algerian capital of Algiers.
The move followed just hours after Egypt summoned the Algerian Ambassador in Cairo to the Foreign Office to convey its "extreme dismay over the assaults on Egyptian citizens who went to Khartoum to support the Egyptian team."
The Algerian envoy was also informed about Egypt's displeasure over attacks on Egyptian interests in Algiers, following an earlier World Cup qualifying match in Cairo on Saturday. Egypt won that match on a 2-0 margin, leaving the two teams tied at the top of the group with equal points and identical goal difference. Saturday's result forced the two teams to play a make-or-break match in Khartoum on Wednesday.
At least 32 people, including 20 Algerians, were injured in the clashes that broke out between football fans of the two countries after Saturday's football match in Cairo. Following the attacks against Algerian fans in Cairo, Egyptian businesses and homes in Algiers were ransacked.
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