Port workers in Suez refuse to receive initial seven ton shipment as the
interior ministry looks to restock after firing tear gas at protesters
in Egypt for six days last week.
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| A protester displays gas canisters as tears stream down his face on Saturday, 19 November (Photo: Mosa'ab Elshamy) |
A group of customs employees at the Suez seaport have revealed that the
Egyptian Ministry of Interior is in the process of receiving 21 tons of
tear gas from the US.
The claim was supported by Medhat Eissa, an activist in the coastal
city of Suez, who provided documents he says he obtained from a group of
employees at the Suez Canal customs. The employees have been subjected
to questioning for their refusal to allow an initial seven ton shipment
of the US-made tear gas canisters enter the port.
A group of employees at the Adabiya Seaport in Suez have confirmed,
with the documents to prove it, that a three-stage shipment of in total
21 tons of tear gas canisters is on course for the port from the
American port of Wilmington.
Employees say the container ship Danica, carrying seven tons of
tear-gas canisters made by the American company Combined Systems, has
already arrived at the port, with two similar shipments from the same
company expected to arrive within the week
Source: ahramonline
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