Egypt, Libya fined for crowd violence

 
CAF slap with Egypt and Libya $5,000 and $7,000 fines for crowd trouble during Morocco-Egypt game.

 
CAIRO - Egypt and Libya were fined by the Confederation of African Football disciplinary Commission here on Friday because of the crowd trouble that marred Tuesday's African Nations Cup.

The Egyptian Federation were slapped with a 5,000 dollars fine while their Libyan counterparts were fined 7,000 dollars.

The trouble flared at half-time of Egypt's 0-0 draw with Group A rivals Morocco when Libyan fans - who had stayed on at the Cairo International Stadium following their 2-1 defeat by Ivory Coast - started taunting the host supporters.

The Egyptians - who were in the upper tier - started hurling missiles down on the Libyans and despite a plea from the public address announcer to stop they carried on into the second-half.

Eventually the riot police moved in and forced the Libyan supporters to retreat under the covered part of the stand thereby halting the trouble.

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