Kuwaiti who died in Sharjah laid to rest

KUWAIT CITY, Feb 28, (KUNA): Mubarak Meshal Mubarak, the Kuwaiti student who died in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE), was buried Thursday in Jaafariya Sulaibikhat Graveyard.

A large number of Mubarak’s relatives and friends attended the burial ceremony.

It has been reported Mubarak’s body arrived in Kuwait Wednesday evening, immediately after the UAE Public Prosecution completed investigations with the suspected killers — two Kuwaiti students.

Meanwhile, Head of Kuwait’s Cultural Office in the UAE Dr Saleh Yaseen hailed the diligent efforts exerted by the concerned authorities in Sharjah to repatriate Mubarak’s remains. He also commended the directives of Sharjah Governor Sheikh Dr Sultan Al-Qasimi to ease the procedures for transporting the body, as well as Kuwait’s General Consul in Dubai Tariq Al-Hamad for closely coordinating with the concerned authorities to transport the body.

He also appreciated the efforts put forth by Kuwait’s consulate in the UAE. He then expressed his heartfelt condolences to the family and relatives of the to the concert to hear the rappers’ take on current events in the region.

“They sing about our fears, about the politics, the things we always think about — they are the ones who say it out loud,” said the 26-year-old. victim, entreating Allah, the Almighty, to grant him eternal peace.

Also: KUWAIT CITY: A firefighter allegedly humiliated journalists and photographers and ordered then out of the Kuwait International Airport while they were covering the arrival of the remains of Mubarak Meshal Mubarak, a Kuwaiti student who died in Sharjah, UAE, on Wednesday.

The firefighter is said to have acted the same way on Thursday during the burial of Mubarak in Jaafariya Sulaibikhat Graveyard where he attacked the photographers of Al-Seyassah daily and other local newspapers to prevent them from covering the ceremony. Considering he participated in the ceremony clad in his uniform, his attitude towards the press photographers is a violation of the law.

Al-Seyassah has reported the incident to the director general of Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) to take the necessary legal procedures against the firefighter. The daily intends to sue the firefighter for attacking its journalists and photographers.

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