( CNN ) Despite clashes that killed at least 19 fans before kickoff , a soccer match in Egypt continued to the very end , state media reported . The nation 's Health Ministry said 19 people died in the riots at a match in Cairo on Sunday . The violence occurred shortly before the match , but the game between Zamalek and ENPPI teams continued , Al-Ahram newspaper said . It ended with a 1-1 draw . Soccer fans posted social media images of what they said were bodies from the riots , some still wearing jerseys with their teams ' names . Screaming relatives and friends gathered at the morgue in central Cairo , where they waited for the bodies . Fans from rival clubs went to console the grieving as a show of solidarity . Shortly after the incident , soccer fans traded accusations with the Interior Ministry , which blamed the violence on riots from ticketless fans who tried to push their way in . `` They climbed the fence . The security forces tried to disperse them , the fans fled to the main road and blocked traffic and stopped the bus carrying the Zamalek soccer team , '' the ministry said in a statement . `` They set fire to a police vehicle . We got reports of fatalities because of a stampede . '' But Zamalek fans painted a different picture . In a social media posting , they said they were tear gassed as they tried to go through a single , small gated entrance that was opened to allow them into the match . Egypt 's general prosecutor is sending a team to investigate . Meanwhile , the Cabinet has suspended the nation 's premier league matches indefinitely . Sunday 's attack is not the first violence at a game . Three years ago , a riot at a match between Al-Masry and Al-Ahly teams left more than 70 people dead in Port Said city . Horrified witnesses described how police officers stood by and watched as rival fans attacked one another with rocks , knives and swords . After that incident , Egypt banned soccer fans from games . Teams played in nearly empty stadiums . Authorities later partially lifted the ban by allowing a limited number of fans to attend games , state media reported . CNN 's Ian Lee and Dana Ford contributed to this report .
It is the deadliest soccer-related violence in Egypt since a stampede three years ago . Soccer fans and Egypt 's Interior Ministry differ on what started the violence .