| The French embassy in Kuwait has advised its citizens in the Gulf state to avoid shopping malls and to move around only when necessary after clashes between suspected insurgents and security forces, sources said. The embassy contacted its wardens asking them to convey the new warning to French nationals, the sources said, adding that the advice was precautionary and not based on any specific threat. Two Kuwaiti security officers were killed and four others wounded in two gun fights with suspected insurgents on 10 and 15 January. Two suspects, including a Saudi, were also killed in the clashes. Threat The French warning followed an advisory from the US embassy on Thursday warning of the danger of more unrest, saying residential complexes for Westerners could be targeted. |