An Egyptian court has sentenced to death 21 people accused of involvement in the Port Said football stadium disaster in which 74 people were killed last year.
The ruling sparked off an attempted jailbreak and a riot that killed another eight in the Mediterranean port city that is home to most of the defendants.
The verdict follows deadly clashes between police and demonstrators yesterday, the second anniversary of the uprising that overthrew former leader Hosni Mubarak.
Die-hard football fans from both teams, Al-Ahly and Al-Masry, hold the police at least partially responsible for the Port Said deaths.
They have also criticised Egypt's President Mohammed Mursi for doing little to reform the force.
Immediately after the verdict, two police were shot dead outside Port Said's main prison when angry relatives tried to storm the facility to free the defendants.
Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets, as well as live rounds, at the crowd outside the prison, killing six.
Security officials said the military is being deployed to Port Said, the second such deployment in less than 24 hours.
The army was widely used to keep order by top generals who took over after Mr Mubarak, but the military has kept a much lower profile since Mr Mursi was elected as president in June.
The military was also deployed overnight in the city of Suez after eight people died in clashes between security forces and protesters opposed to Mr Mursi.
Another protester was killed in Ismailiya, and security officials told the state news agency MENA that two policemen were killed in yesterday's protests, bringing the death toll on the second anniversary of Egypt's uprising to 11.
Judge Sobhi Abdel-Maguid read out the death sentences related to the 1 February riot in Port Said that killed 74 fans of the Cairo-based Al-Ahly team.
Defendants' lawyers said all those sentenced were fans of the Port Said team, Al-Masry. Executions in Egypt are usually carried out by hanging.
The judge said in his statement, which was read live on state television, that he would announce the verdict for the remaining 52 defendants on 9 March.
As is customary in Egypt, the death sentences will be sent to the nation's top religious authority, the Grand Mufti, for approval, although the court has final say on the matter.
All of the defendants, who were not present in the courtroom for security reasons, have the right to appeal the verdict.
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