Three persons were killed in confrontations in Kuwait
Kuwait, Politics, 1/31/2005

The Kuwaiti government announced that three persons were killed in the confrontations which took place on Sunday between the Kuwaiti security forces and wanted persons in al-Salameyah quarters in the capital.

In an official statement, the Kuwaiti ministry of the interior said that confrontations resulted in killing one Kuwaiti policeman and one suspect and one civilian from Bahrain. Four police men were injured in the clashes and another suspect was detained, according to the statement of the ministry of the interior.

News reports said that the security forces started to withdraw from the area of the attack and gathered in the downtown of al-Salemeyah square after evacuating the killed and the wounded. The witnesses said that the attacking forces used bombs and machineguns after the gunmen inside the building used machine gun fire.

The witnesses said the security forces headed to al-Salemeyah after receiving information stated that a group of gunmen who took part in the confrontations with the Kuwaiti security in Um al-Haiman area two weeks ago were hiding in a residential building in al- Salemeyah quarters.

The security forces headed towards the populated area which is crowded by Arab and foreign residents, backed by armored vehicles and machine guns. The security forces also prevented people of the quarters from going to their work.

This clash is considered the third of its kind since the beginning of January and came after the killing of one Saudi suspect in confrontations between unidentified gunmen and the Kuwaiti security forces on January 15 in Um al-Haiman to the south of the capital which is close to the borders with Saudi Arabia. On the 10th of January, other confrontations took place in Houli area in the Kuwaiti capital resulted in killing two security men and one Kuwaiti suspect.

Also the series of attacks took place between 2002-2003 in Kuwait resulted in killing two Americans and injuring many of them where 30,000 soldiers on the Kuwaiti territories.

The American and British embassies there recommended earlier their citizens not to head for certain areas and to be apart from crowded places.

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