First Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah was quoted over the weekend as saying suspects arrested after the shoot-outs between securitymen and militants in Hawally and Umm Al-Haiman will not be referred to the prosecution until investigations into the incidents are completed, reports Al-Seyassah. Earlier reports quoted the minister as saying the suspects will be referred to the prosecution after the Eid Al-Adha holidays. Sheikh Nawaf said since some suspects are still on the run the case will be referred to the prosecution after all of them have been rounded up.
His statement comes on the backdrop of reports that securitymen have foiled several attempts by militants to carry out attacks in various parts of the country. Al-Rai Al-Aam also reported that Kuwaiti authorities will parade the militants and weapons seized from them on Kuwait TV after the Eid. Meanwhile, a security source said police raided a house in an undisclosed location and arrested three Kuwaitis, two of whom are brothers, for alleged links with the militants who were involved in the twin shoot-outs Hawally and Umm Al-Haiman. The source added that the police also tried to apprehend a bearded suspect in Kaifan but he managed to escape. It said police raided and searched the house of a man identified as Badi Krouz Al-Ajmi in Jaber Al-Ali but found no weapons. Security men found explosive-making devices, detonators and electric wires in another house in the area last week. A resident of the area was said to have told police many men, some with beards, used to meet regularly in the house on Fridays. He said they used to park their vehicles which had Saudi number plates on the street causing traffic problems and inconvenience to residents of the area. |