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| Saudis arrest Kuwaiti shooter... |
| 2002-11-22 |
| Saudi Arabian authorities have arrested a Kuwaiti police officer accused of shooting and seriously injuring two American soldiers, a Kuwaiti official said. The policeman, Khaled al-Shimmiri, was arrested Friday, a day after the shooting. The official said that al-Shimmiri, who fled to Saudi Arabia following the attack, was expected to be sent back to Kuwait later Friday. He also said that al-Shimmiri was a patient at a Kuwait psychiatric hospital, but gave no details. "Where you off to, Mahmoud?" "I'm going down to the nut house to recruit some more policemen." No motive has been given for the shooting, though Kuwaiti newspapers reported Friday that the suspect did not appear to have links to extremist Muslim organizations. "No, no. He's just a nut. We have lots of them in our police force. Keeps 'em gainfully employed, y'know?" |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |