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Authorities were placed on high alert after the Interior Ministry said that it had obtained "information that jihadist groups intend to attack police buildings" in the Sinai. An Egyptian court confirmed the death sentences for 21 soccer fans for their role in the February 2012 stadium riot in Port Said. Protesters tried to torch buildings in Cairo, including the headquarters of Egypt's soccer federation, and targeted shipping in the Suez Canal.