 Gunmen killed two Kuwaiti state security personnel pursuing them in Kuwait City yesterday, the Interior Ministry and security sources said.
Security sources told Reuters that one of the suspects, a wanted Kuwaiti man identified as Fawaz Al-Otaibi, died later in hospital of his wounds. Two state security officers were wounded in the shootout. Shortly before the incident, the US Embassy in Kuwait warned that it had information of imminent drive-by attacks on Westerners in Kuwait. In an advisory, the US Embassy said it was issuing "this urgent message because it has received credible information that an individual or individuals moving about Kuwait in a black-colored small sedan intend to randomly attack Westerners".
| Wonder what color car Otaibi was driving? |
The Interior Ministry said in a statement that a first lieutenant and a sergeant were killed and two other security personnel wounded in the exchange of fire with Otaibi as they pursued him in the Hawalli suburb of Kuwait City. It said Otaibi had entered a shop in Hawalli and opened fire at security personnel who followed him inside. Otaibi then ran outside and got into a car where accomplices were waiting. One of the passengers opened fire on the security officers, killing two and wounding two, the ministry added. Otaibi was also wounded. Kuwaiti authorities have been cracking down on militants opposed to the presence of US forces in the country.
| So did they catch the accomplices? |
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