MPs slam assault of Kuwaiti students

MPs slam assault of Kuwaiti students

By B Izzak

KUWAIT: MPs on Sunday vented anger over the reported beating of several Kuwaiti students by Egyptian security guards, vowing they will raise the issue during the National Assembly session on Tuesday. The lawmakers were upset mainly at a statement issued by the Kuwaiti Embassy in Cairo, which blamed the students for quarreling and called on them to respect Egyptian laws. Some MPs demanded the removal of the ambassador.

The Kuwaiti students were first involved in a fistfight among themselves at a commercial mall in Alexandria. They were separated by Egyptian security, who beat them in public. The students were later interrogated by police and freed. The Kuwaiti foreign ministry later issued another statement in which it strongly criticized Egyptian security men for beating the students and called on authorities to investigate. The ministry also called the Egyptian ambassador in the country and called for a probe.

The statement said Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister Mansour Al-Otaibi communicated with Egyptian Ambassador to Kuwait Osama Shaltout, calling on Egyptian authorities to take official and legal action. The Kuwaiti official also called on Egyptian authorities to carry out investigations into the case, bring the perpetrators to accountability and take necessary measures to deter such