A judicial source from Ismailia’s appeals court has said that, for security reasons, attendance at Saturday’s hearing will be limited to concerned lawyers and reporters who were granted passes.

The source added that only state television will be allowed to air the court’s hearing to announce a final ruling in a case dubbed as the “Port Said massacre” where football riots in February last year resulted in the death of over 70 people.

Twenty-one defendants were sentenced to death on January 26 leading to a wave of violence that has left over 50 people dead.