KUWAIT: Investigations with a man who ran over a police officer during national celebrations last Thursday revealed that the suspect’s actions were driven by ‘terrorist motives,’ a security source said.

The suspect possesses the same ideology as a terrorist organization which calls for overturning the ruling system in the country, said the source who claims to have knowledge with the ongoing investigations with the suspect. He added that the man had planned to carry out a criminal act for a while before finally going ahead with his plans during the celebrations.

The source also said that the suspect ‘spoke normally’ during investigations, which suggest that he might not be mentally unstable as initially believed. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah stated meanwhile that Kuwait was proud of sacrifices offered by martyr Turki Mohammad Al-Enezi, a policeman, who was run over by a motorist on Thursday, and described his killing as an ‘act of terrorism.’ The minister made the statement during Enezi’s funeral on Friday.

The country’s soil embraces today a martyr who sacrificed his soul for its sake, the ministry’s public relations and media security department quoted Sheikh Mohammad as saying. The minister prayed to Allah Almighty to bless the martyr’s soul with mercy in paradise and to bring solace to his family, wishing those injured speedy recovery, the statement said. Sheikh Mohammad and some senior officials at the ministry took part in the funeral. The ministry announced on Thursday that Enezi was run over by a motorist and several other policemen were injured in the incident when they were on duty at Dasman roundabout in Kuwait City. —Al-Qabas