Kuwait arrests al-Mleifi, al-Jalahemah

The Kuwaiti authorities on Tuesday arrested two Islamic activists who made provocative statements after two Kuwaitis killed one American soldier in Filka island.

The relatives of the two detained men said that the Kuwaiti writer Muhammad al-Mleifi, the employee in the Islamic al-Awqaf ministry and the Islamic activist Jaber al-Jalahemah were arrested and their houses were inspected.