For the Algerians, Egyptian security officials and the media added insult to the injuries by saying that the Algerian team faked the attack.
The Egyptian press reported that an initial investigation showed the Algerians had smashed the windows of the bus with emergency hammers.
The violence had repercussions abroad too.
An angry crowd attacked the homes of Egyptian workers at M'sila in southeastern Algeria, while a group of young men ransacked the building of an Egyptian company, reports said.
In Algiers, all streets leading to the Egyptian embassy were closed from Thursday evening and security measures installed at Egyptian companies, an AFP reporter said.
And in France's southern port of Marseille, which has many residents of Algerian origin, security at the Egyptian consulate was boosted and 600 police officers flooded the city center.
But authorities in Cairo breathed a collective sigh of relief after the 2-0 result in favor of the home team saw concerns about violence ease.
Nevertheless Egyptian supporters set up a roadblock outside the stadium, smashing the windows of at four busses carrying Algerian fans, leaving the street littered with broken glass, an AFP reporter said.
A nearby police anti-riot unit did not intervene.
Security forces said only one bus had been attacked, with three Algerian fans suffering light injuries.
The rival national teams have a history of bad blood, with riots breaking out after Egypt defeated Algeria in a 1989 match in Cairo.
Algeria player Lakhdar Belloumi was tried in absentia and sentenced to prison in Egypt for seriously injuring the Egyptian team doctor with a bottle after that match.
Interpol issued an arrest warrant for Belloumi over the incident.
Egypt last qualified for the World Cup in 1990, and Algeria in 1986.
For the Algerians, Egyptian security officials and the media added insult to the injuries by saying that the Algerian team faked the attack.
The Egyptian press reported that an initial investigation showed the Algerians had smashed the windows of the bus with emergency hammers.
The violence had repercussions abroad too.
An angry crowd attacked the homes of Egyptian workers at M'sila in southeastern Algeria, while a group of young men ransacked the building of an Egyptian company, reports said.
In Algiers, all streets leading to the Egyptian embassy were closed from Thursday evening and security measures installed at Egyptian companies, an AFP reporter said.
And in France's southern port of Marseille, which has many residents of Algerian origin, security at the Egyptian consulate was boosted and 600 police officers flooded the city center.
But authorities in Cairo breathed a collective sigh of relief after the 2-0 result in favor of the home team saw concerns about violence ease.
Nevertheless Egyptian supporters set up a roadblock outside the stadium, smashing the windows of at four busses carrying Algerian fans, leaving the street littered with broken glass, an AFP reporter said.
A nearby police anti-riot unit did not intervene.
Security forces said only one bus had been attacked, with three Algerian fans suffering light injuries.
The rival national teams have a history of bad blood, with riots breaking out after Egypt defeated Algeria in a 1989 match in Cairo.
Algeria player Lakhdar Belloumi was tried in absentia and sentenced to prison in Egypt for seriously injuring the Egyptian team doctor with a bottle after that match.
Interpol issued an arrest warrant for Belloumi over the incident.
Egypt last qualified for the World Cup in 1990, and Algeria in 1986.