KUWAIT: Firefighters battle the blaze.

KUWAIT: A fire
broke out at dawn yesterday in a 1,000 sq m industrial plot in Shuwaikh
industrial area containing lumber and other flammable materials. Security
sources said firemen from Shuwaikh industrial area, Shuhada, Ardiya and backup
teams rushed to the scene, where they managed to control the blaze without
reporting any casualties. Further investigations are in progress to determine
the cause of the fire.

Fatal fall

An Indian
construction worker was killed when he fell from the second floor of a
construction site in Shuwaikh, said security sources, noting that the man died
instantly. A case was filed.

Slanderous
remarks

Responding to a
video on social media networks showing a Danish woman of Arab origin slandering
Kuwait, the Interior Ministry's Relations and Security Media Department said
the woman and her daughter arrived at Kuwait International Airport holding
Danish passports and requested tourist visas. The department explained that the
daughter's passport's validity was less than six months and that an extension
was handwritten on it, which is against the visa conditions.

The department
added that both the woman and her daughter were sent to the airport hotel
pending deportation. However, the Danish foreign ministry contacted its Kuwaiti
counterpart confirming the validity of the extension, and accordingly, the
tourist visas were issued. But a lawsuit was filed against the mother for her
slanderous remarks about Kuwait.

By Hanan Al-Saadoun