KUWAIT: After a manslaughter case was filed against an Ethiopian housemaid who is facing charges of allegedly killing her sponsor's 23-year-old daughter, Ethiopian Ambassador to Kuwait Mohammed Gudeta stressed that the embassy received very limited information about the case. He added that the embassy sent a representative to the Ministry of Interior and the hospital where the maid is receiving treatment to follow up the case. Gudet stressed that the embassy had not yet received any official information about the case.

Car owner identified

After the remains of an 18-year-old woman were found in a charred car behind the Sabah Al-Salem University project site, security sources noted that the car's owner was identified as a Pakistani man who had left the country two weeks earlier. The sources added that DNA tests on the remains disproved detectives' suspicions that the remains belonged to an 18-year-old Bangladeshi girl who had been reported missing. However, on calling the car's owner, he stressed that he was away on vacation and that he had parked the car in an open yard. He also denied knowing anything about the woman. Security sources added that initial investigations show that the girl had been murdered and put in the car that was set ablaze to conceal the murder. Further investigations are still in progress to identify the girl.

Fatal accident

Two Syrians were instantly killed when an SUV ran them over along Jahra road, said security sources. Case papers indicate that the two victims' vehicle had collided into a truck parked on the right lane of the road, and on stepping out to check the damage, a speeding vehicle knocked them over, killing them immediately. A case was filed.

Alcohol consumption

A citizen turned in his driver to police when he caught him drinking liquor in his bedroom in his house in Mubarak Al-Kabeer, said security sources. The citizen explained that on seeing the driver take a bag of ice cubes in his room during such cold weather, he suspected him and decided to watch him. He added that he barged into the driver's room a while later and found him drinking home-made liquor. A case was filed.

Two arrested for fighting

Two citizens were arrested for fighting with each other in a Salmiya shopping mall, said security sources. Case papers indicate that policemen were summoned to the scene where they controlled the two, who had sustained various injuries during the fight. A case was filed.

Fugitive caught

A female citizen was arrested in Mubarak Al-Kabeer after police discovered that she is wanted for three cases filed against her by her sister-in-law, who accused her of assault. - Al-Rai, Al-Anbaa