The mass food poisoning of sit-in protesters outside the cabinet building Wednesday night was not a coincidence, said the April 6 Youth Movement in a statement Thursday. The youth movement described the incident as part of an “elimination process” for the revolution. The process, the statement went on, started with military trials for revolutionaries, and developed into killing Maspero protesters, using lethal tear gas canisters against protesters on Mohamed Mahmoud Street, and finally attempting to poison the cabinet protesters. In a statement published on its Facebook page, the movement wondered, “Who are the ‘invisible hands' who will be held responsible this time, and for how long will these ‘invisible hands' continue threatening the security of Egypt and the young revolutionaries?” Some 40 activists involved in what is known as the Occupy Cabinet sit-in were transferred to hospitals Wednesday after being allegedly poisoned by free food handed out in the afternoon. According to eyewitness testimonies, a woman wearing a niqab (face veil) distributed grilled meat sandwiches to protesters camped outside the cabinet in downtown Cairo. Translated from Al-Masry Al-Youm
