RAJAB 10, 1440 AH SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 2019 28 Pages Max 25º Min 12º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 17783 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Panel to discuss state development White House 2020: Beto Orangutan recovers after Wales hammer Ireland 5 plan, northern zone in key meeting 7 seeks to woo voters in Iowa 24 shot with 74 airgun pellets 28 to claim Grand Slam Killer charged with murder after New Zealand mosque shootings Kuwait condemns terrorist attack • Amir sends condolences • Ardern vows gun reforms CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand: The bodies to anxious families. rightwing extremist charged over the In a nearby hospital, doctors worked White nationalist horrifying attacks on New Zealand round the clock to treat 39 people for mosques flashed a white power gesture gunshot wounds and other injuries sus- movement spreads, as he appeared in court yesterday, while tained in the attacks. The wounded a shell-shocked community began dig- included a two-year-old boy and a four- ging graves for the 49 people he killed. year-old girl, who was in critical condi- pushing attacks Australia-born 28-year-old Brenton tion. The attack on the Al Noor and Tarrant stood largely impassive in the Linwood mosques has prompted an out- WASHINGTON: The massacre of Muslims at New dock wearing handcuffs and a white pouring of grief and deep shock in this Zealand mosques on Friday demonstrated the global prison smock, as the judge read the first usually peaceful country, which prides reach of a white nationalist movement that preaches of what are expected to be a host of itself on welcoming refugees fleeing vio- an imagined “European” ideal, rejects immigration murder charges he is likely to face. lence or persecution. and shares often vicious threats over the Internet. Flanked by armed police, the former On Friday, Kuwait strongly con- It’s leaderless, fragmented, and relies for attention personal fitness trainer gestured an demned and denounced the terrorist on lone-wolf type attackers like the 28-year-old upside-down “okay” - a symbol used by attack on the two mosques. Kuwait Australian terrorist Brenton Tarrant, who killed 49 white power groups worldwide. He did affirms its full stand and solidarity with people Friday in Christchurch, explaining in a mani- not request bail and was remanded in New Zealand, and supports all measures festo that he wants to “crush immigration” and custody until an April 5 court appear- it carries out to preserve its security and revenge terror attacks on Europe. ance. Outside the courtroom, safety of its people and residents, an But experts say it is a cohesive movement bound Christchurch residents struggled to deal official foreign ministry source said in a together online that stretches across Europe into with the aftermath of what is thought to statement. Kuwait reiterates its princi- Russia, has a deep following in the US and Canada, be the worst act of terror against pled and firm stand against all forms and Muslims in the West. Nearby, excavators manifestations of terrorism and violence, and as Friday’s attack showed, is present in Australia CHRISTCHURCH: Brenton Tarrant, the man charged in relation to the Christchurch and New Zealand. were called in to remove the vast amount it added. It also urged the international mosque massacres, makes a white supremacist sign during his appearance in the of earth needed to bury the dead, community to exert further efforts to Continued on Page 24 Christchurch District Court yesterday. — AFP ( See Page 8) although police have not yet released the Continued on Page 24 Mulla, Kandari win by-elections; Amir hails polls KUWAIT: According to unofficial results of the National Assembly by-elections late yesterday, Abdullah Al-Kandari was comfortably elected from the third constituency, while Badr Al-Mulla won narrowly in the second constituency. HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah congratu- lated Kuwaiti nationals, men and women alike, on the success of the by-elections. He praised the cooperation and coordination undertaken by numerous public bodies behind, which helped facilitate the voting process. The supreme judicial committee tasked with overseeing the matter, ministry of interior, ministry of information, ministry of health, ministry of education and fire department were singled out for praise. Eighteen candidates vied to fill one vacant seat in the second con- stituency, which has 62,547 eligible voters, while 29 hopefuls vied for the 96,528 votes in the third constituency, also for one seat. The by- elections were held after MPs Waleed Al-Tabtabaei and Jamaan Al- KUWAIT: (Left) Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah visits a polling station yesterday. (Right) Abdullah Al-Kandari Harbash were stripped of their parliamentary seats on Dec 19, 2018 celebrates with his supporters at his election headquarters in Adailiya yesterday after unofficial results showed he had won in the by-elections in the third after the constitutional court ruled against the constitutionality of arti- cle 16 of the internal charter of the National Assembly.— Agencies constituency. — Photos by KUNA and Fouad Al-Shaikh (See Page 2) Stores looted, Maid confesses to MoI has no plans bank torched in botched robbery for amnesty; PACI Paris violence that killed Kuwaiti By A Saleh urges expats to PARIS: Demonstrators looted and torched shops and businesses on the famed Champs-Elysees avenue in KUWAIT: Egyptian security forces managed to solve the double check info Paris yesterday, on the 18th straight weekend of “yellow mystery of the murder of an elderly Kuwaiti in his apart- vest” protests, characterized by an uptick in violence ment in the Cairo suburb of Giza, noting that the man’s By A Saleh after weeks of dwindling turnout. A Boss menswear maid, who had reported the murder, was actually behind it. store and the upscale Fouquet’s restaurant - a brasserie PARIS: A ‘yellow vest’ protester gestures behind flames Notably, the 80-year-old citizen’s maid, who is in her thir- KUWAIT: Well-informed security sources said the popular with politicians and film stars - were among the rising from a barricade yesterday. — AFP ties, had reported that unidentified robbers had broken interior ministry’s field security forces are preparing premises to have their windows smashed by groups of into the apartment, tied her up and stole her phone and to launch intensive security campaigns in various hooded demonstrators in scenes reminiscent of the townhall-style meetings held around the country over the deceased’s money. areas to track down, arrest and deport residency worst “yellow vest” riots in Paris in December. the past two months. But many “yellow vests” dismissed However, all suspicions pointed to the maid, said a visa violators. The sources also denied any plans to The demonstrators also set fire to a Longchamp the consultation exercise as a smoke-screen. Yesterday, report on the Masrawy website, noting that the maid grant residency violators any grace periods this handbag store and to a bank situated on the ground the police used tear gas, stun grenades and water can- broke down during interrogations and admitted that she year, pointing out that the last amnesty was not floor of an apartment building, which was engulfed by non to repel protesters who gathered at the foot of the had arranged the robbery with her brother and sister, tak- fruitful as only 57,000 expats benefited from it, flames. The fire service evacuated the residents, includ- Arc de Triomphe war memorial, which was sacked by ing advantage of her boss’ poor health and age. The maid which was way below the expected numbers. ing a nine-month-old baby, and extinguished the blaze. protesters on Dec 1 in scenes that drew international added that her brother hired three friends to do the job. The sources said that the total number of resi- Yesterday’s turnout is a test for the “yellow vest” move- condemnation. “The three assailants knocked on the door. I opened it dency violators is 70,000, but those registered in ment, which began in November over fuel tax hikes and Several newsstands also went up in smoke as groups for them and they tied me and my boss up and stuck duct security databases number more than 100,000. quickly ballooned into a rebellion against President of mostly black-clad demonstrators pelted the security tape on his mouth,” she explained, noting that when the “Checking the registered names, it was found that Emmanuel Macron’s policies but has struggled lately to forces with stones and erected barricades. “There are a man tried to remove the gag, they shut his mouth by hand many of them have been registered for over 25 mobilize large numbers of protesters. number of people who have come just to smash things,” till he suffocated to death. They then took his money, years, and many of them had probably left the coun- The police estimated the number of protesters in Paris Castaner said, estimating that some 1,500 “ultra-vio- mobile and her mobile before leaving. After they were try,” the sources explained. at 10,000, out of around 14,000 nationwide - a fraction lent” activists had infiltrated the crowd. “We have been arrested, the three assailants denied prior intention to kill Meanwhile, Public Authority for Civil Information of the 282,000 that took part in the inaugural demon- too nice, that’s why it’s violent today. I’m not in favor (of the octogenarian and described what happened as ‘fate’. The Charge d’Affaires at the Kuwaiti Embassy in Cairo Director Musaed Al-Assousi stressed the need to strations on Nov 17.