“The youth are taking control,” said one sympathiser, a student in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura, who asked to be identified as Ahmed. “Every young man tries what they think is best for them from their own understanding of the situation.” At least four KFC stores have been firebombed since January. Then, in the early hours of 26 February, four bombs were detonated outside Cairo branches of Vodafone and UAE-owned Etisalat network provider.