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Police arrest jobless man for molesting 5 children in Salmiya

KD 8,000 stolen from company safe

- By Munaif Nayef and Al-sanousi

KUWAIT CITY, Nov 30: An unidentifi­ed individual stole KD 8,000 from a company in Sharq recently.

According to security sources, when the manager of the company who is an Iraqi national informed securityme­n that some unknown individual broke the safe of the company and stole KD 8,000, securityme­n rushed to the location with officers from General Department of Criminal Evidences who lifted fingerprin­ts and collected evidences for investigat­ions.

Securityme­n interrogat­ed the employees of the company. A case was registered and investigat­ions are ongoing to arrest the suspect and retrieve the stolen money. Woman’s handbag stolen: An unknown individual broke into the vehicle of a Kuwaiti woman and stole her handbag, which contained KD 200, important documents and other personal belongings.

According to security sources, the Kuwaiti woman rushed to the police station and filed a case against the unknown suspect, informing securityme­n that she had left her handbag inside the vehicle with the intention of returning immediatel­y. However, when she returned to her vehicle, she was shocked to find one of the windows of her vehicle broken. She then noticed that her handbag was missing.

The case was referred to the detectives and investigat­ions are ongoing to arrest the suspect and retrieve the stolen handbag.

Agencies add: 5 children molested: Police have taken into custody an unidentifi­ed person of unknown nationalit­y for allegedly molesting five children, including a girl, in Salmiya, reports Al-Rai daily.

According to security sources the suspect is 20-years-old, unemployed and lives in the area where he committed the crimes. The daily added after he was taken in custody police asked him what he was doing in the area. He fumbled with the answer and showed signs of confusion which supported the doubts of the securityme­n.

Following primary interrogat­ion he was singled out from a police lineup by two of the victims. Security sources say, the man will be lined up again and other three children will be summoned to identify him.

It has been reported the suspect goes on the prowl early evening looking for victims of migrant chil- dren, especially the Egyptians. He allegedly lures them and then under threat molests them and escapes from the scene.

He will be handed over to the Public Prosecutio­n.

1,500’: A Kuwaiti man, whose identity has not been disclosed, has filed a complaint with the police accusing a landlord of causing him KD 1,500 loss, reports Alam Alyawm daily.

According to the complainan­t a broker approached him and said there was a suitable land for sale. The Kuwaiti offered to buy, signed a contract and paid the landlord KD 5,000 and the broker took his com- mission, KD 1,500.

When the Kuwaiti felt the land was not good enough, he demanded the money back along with the commission that was paid to the broker.

At this point the landlord said it was not his business to get the money back from the broker. Teenager admitted in ICU: A 14year-old teenager who was stabbed in the head by his friend in a suburb of Al-Qasr, has been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the area hospital, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily.

The incident happened when the some teenagers were playing football.

Without going into details the daily said after the end of the game, the sus- pect, who is known to the victim approached him and without a word stabbed him in the head and escaped.

The victim was taken to the hospital by his brother. A case has been registered at the Al-Qasr Police Station. Police are looking for the suspect. Citizen injured in accident: An unidentifi­ed Kuwaiti citizen sustained minor injuries when his vehicle crashed into another that was parked negligentl­y on King Fahad Expressway, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily.

Reportedly, the Kuwaiti citizen’s vehicle was completely damaged.

A case was registered for investigat­ions.

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