Cairo - Thousands of people gathered in the streets around the Algerian embassy just after midnight Friday in Cairo, witnesses told the German Press Agency dpa. Witnesses said one of the bridges onto the exclusive island neighbourhood of Zamalek, where the embassy is located, had been completely taken over by the crowds and that several of the island's main thoroughfares were completely mobbed.
The crowds follow clashes between Algerian and Egyptian fans in the previous weeks around a World Cup qualifier and final in Egypt and Sudan on Saturday and Wednesday nights, respectively.
Much smaller crowds gathered near the Algerian embassy after Egyptian media reports said that Algerian fans attacked Egyptian fans in Sudan following Algeria's 1-0 victory Wednesday night to reach the World Cup next year in South Africa.
