Kuwaiti police arrest attackers of interior minister's house

The Kuwaiti police have arrested two of the men who opened fire of Friday on the house of Kuwaiti minister of the Interior Sheikh Muhammad Khaled al-Sabah.

The attack was said to be made against the minister in reply to the campaign he launched against drug traffickers, according to the Kuwaiti daily al-Qabash, issued on Saturday.

The paper added that the police arrested the leader of the attackers, who was wanted, together with another man, adding that others are also chased.

Meantime, the Kuwaiti daily al-Rai al-Am quoted Sheikh Muhammad al-Sabah as saying on Friday, "This event increases our determination to continue the war against drugs, all sorts of corruption and the outlaws."