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Port workers in Egypt have refused to receive a shipment of tear fuel ordered by the country’s Interior Ministry from the United States. They fear it will be used against protesters in Tahrir Square.
Employees at the Adabiya Seaport in coastal metropolis Suez revealed transport documents for delivery of a somme of 21 tonnes of the crowd-dispersal agent, local mediareport.
The revelation comes as the first 7.5-tonne shipment from the American port of Wilmington arrived to Egypt. Some of the port workers refused to accept the cargo and made the deal public, provoking an official investigation into their actions.
The tear fuel was produced by the Combined Systems company. The initial shipment is composed of 479 barrels.
Image from Combined Systems website
Egyptian police have been regularly using tear fuel and other riot control equipment against the protesters who gather each day on Cairo’s Tahrir Square. Apparently the stocks have run low and had to be replenished.
The news angered many Egyptians, who asked why the interim federal government is buying tear fuel instead of food to feed those without the money to feed themselves and jobs to earn their dwelling.
Meanwhile the country has passed the first round of its a few-stage parliamentary election. The voting was marred by violence on Tuesday night time, in which some 80 protesters were injured.
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