Iranian teen loses his life in major Salmiya mall gangfight Bloody brawls reported among youths at many places
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 8: A 19-year-old Iranian died of chest wounds and two other youths, including an Egyptian expatriate were severely injured in a bloody fight among some 80 individuals at a famous shopping complex in Salmiya area.
The youths are said to have used batons, knives and other sharp objects to attack each other and the injured people were left behind, bleeding profusely, while other members of the feuding party managed to escape at the sight of police. Even so, about 20 of them were taken into custody when paramedics referred the three injured people to the Mubarak Hospital for medical care. Later on, the Iranian died of internal bleeding. A case has since been registered for investigation.
Meanwhile, another group of youths engaged in a quarrel at the same commercial complex over a girl, resulting in severe injuries to a citizen of Kazakhstan and a Jordanian. The injured people were taken to the Mubarak Hospital by paramedics arriving at the scene with security operatives. A case was registered.
In yet another incident, two Kuwaiti juveniles suffered injuries in different places of their bodies, as they fought with six other juveniles at a public garden in Rumaithiya. Paramedics sent the injured citizens to the Mubarak Hospital, while securitymen referred the other juveniles to Juvenile Prosecution for investigation.
Customer, worker fight: A 45-year-old Egyptian customer and a 35-year-old Indian worker of a restaurant in Khaitan who stabbed each other during a fight have been referred to a hospital, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily.
This happened when the Egyptian went to have his meals in the restaurant and he was done, the Indian allegedly asked him for a KD 10 Eid gift. The Egyptian got furious and both men attacked each other.
‘Gunman’ nabbed: Police have arrested a Kuwaiti youth for shooting at the Diwaniya of a Kuwaiti family in a suburb of Abdullah Al-Salem, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily.
Following a complaint filed by the family and investigations conducted by securitymen, police arrested the son of the complainant inside his home in Fintas. Police are said to have seized from him a hunting gun.
During interrogation the son said he was involved in a dispute with his family. He also said he did not mean harm to anyone but just wanted to scare away the visitors to his father’s Diwaniya.