‘Bedoun’ kills sister, surrenders
KUWAIT CITY, Sept 2: An unidentified bedoun has surrendered to police after allegedly stabbing his sister to death with a knife, reports Al-Rai daily.
The daily did not give more details.
Bullet kills ‘drifter’: In response to what was published by Al-Rai daily that a police officer working for the General Security Department had shot and killed a young ‘reckless’ motorist with a bullet to the chest in Taima new details of the incident and its motives have surfaced.
According to the security source, the incident occurred at dawn Wednesday. The motorist was stopped by the patrol at this point the young man behind the wheel deliberately collided with the police patrol and the occupants of the vehicle fled in different directions but one of them stumbled and fell.
The security source said, the two young men who were in the vehicle assaulted the patrolman, so he fired in the air, followed by firing a bullet at the suspects who were on the run and the bullet hit one of them and he fell while the other fled.
After searching the vehicles sachets of drugs were found, a small scale and drug paraphernalia.
But in contrast to the security justification for the incident, Al-Rai raises several questions that also need responses and justifications, foremost of which are: Does the crime of scrutiny justify the shooting? Was there a need to pursue the criminals on foot while the fugitives’ car was under the control of Public Security? And last but not the least, why would the securityman risk his life chasing the suspects inside residential areas without support to protect him?
Traffic fines on rise: The total amount of traffic violation fines increased in the previous fiscal year despite the partial and total curfews imposed most of the year, reports Al-Qabas daily.
Official figures issued by the Ministry of Finance indicate that the traffic violation fines collected in fiscal 2020/2021 amounted to KD61.6 million -- KD600,000 higher than the amount collected in fiscal 2019/2020 which recorded a total of KD61 million.
Jahra flat fire tackled: Firefighters managed to control a fire that broke out in an apartment building in Jahra Wednesday evening, reports Al-Rai daily.
The daily quoting fire sources said the residents of the building were evacuated as a precautionary measure before putting out the fire.
The Public Relations and Media Department of the General Fire Service stated said no injuries have been reported.
The cause of the fire is not known.
Grace period sought: The Ministry of Social Affairs and Community Development has called on the Civil Service Commission to give more grace period for its employees to begin fingerprint attendance, reports Al-Qabas daily.
The ministry in a letter sent by its undersecretary, Abdulaziz Shuaib, to the CSC head has requested to consider the request citing noticeable reluctance by some employees working in the Ministries Complex citing the distance between parking lots and workplaces inside the complex.
The ministry sources pointed out that many employees have trouble in accessing the fingerprint devices.