"What are you waiting for to interfere?" Mohammed el-Beltagy, a former MP said. "You need to stop the arson attacks, blocking roads, bridges and tunnels and provide security. It is your duty to immediately intervene to face this thuggery through all legitimate means provided by the constitution and the law, including declaring an emergency state."
The EU and Britain both called for calm. Alistair Burt, the Foreign Office minister for the Middle East, said: "We call on all parties to exercise maximum restraint and to ensure that all protests remain peaceful."
The funerals in Port Said were typical of Egypt's recent chaos. As the procession passed the police and army clubs, mourners began throwing stones over the walls, according to some witnesses. Others say the immediate response, tear gas fired from inside, was unprovoked.
The army club was then torched.
One man present, Adel al-Sayed said mourners dropped their coffins as the tear gas spread.
The latest clashes were triggered by death sentences passed down on Saturday on 21 men accused over Egypt's worst recent football massacre.
Last February, 74 visiting fans from Cairo's Al-Ahly team were attacked and killed after a game at Port Said's Al-Masry.
Police opened fire as protesters and relatives tried to storm the prison where the accused were being held.
Ayman Ali said he had been with his brother, Hani, a street-seller, near the East Port Said police station on Saturday. They were trying to get home when Hani went ahead to see what was happening.
"As he passed a car salesroom he was shot in the head and chest," Mr Ali said. "It came from the direction of the police station. We weren't taking part in the demonstrations – we were just trying to get home."
The army, which had been deployed in Port Said in an attempt to keep the peace, were posted at major buildings but the streets were otherwise largely empty of security.
The EU and Britain both called for calm. Alistair Burt, the Foreign Office minister for the Middle East, said: "We call on all parties to exercise maximum restraint and to ensure that all protests remain peaceful."
The funerals in Port Said were typical of Egypt's recent chaos. As the procession passed the police and army clubs, mourners began throwing stones over the walls, according to some witnesses. Others say the immediate response, tear gas fired from inside, was unprovoked.
The army club was then torched.
One man present, Adel al-Sayed said mourners dropped their coffins as the tear gas spread.
The latest clashes were triggered by death sentences passed down on Saturday on 21 men accused over Egypt's worst recent football massacre.
Last February, 74 visiting fans from Cairo's Al-Ahly team were attacked and killed after a game at Port Said's Al-Masry.
Police opened fire as protesters and relatives tried to storm the prison where the accused were being held.
Ayman Ali said he had been with his brother, Hani, a street-seller, near the East Port Said police station on Saturday. They were trying to get home when Hani went ahead to see what was happening.
"As he passed a car salesroom he was shot in the head and chest," Mr Ali said. "It came from the direction of the police station. We weren't taking part in the demonstrations – we were just trying to get home."
The army, which had been deployed in Port Said in an attempt to keep the peace, were posted at major buildings but the streets were otherwise largely empty of security.