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Local Friday, July 3, 2020 Security men in shootout with gunman who killed himself

By B Izzak area, also known as ‘Ali Sabah Al-Salem’ area. They asked him to surrender but he maintenance works would cause weak water flow KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti gunman who ex- fired shots at the vehicle of a senior secu- Maintenance to in the following areas: Fahaheel, South Sabahiya, changed gunfire with security men and re- rity officer, the interior ministry said in a Mangaf, Abu Halifa, Mahboula, Fneitees, Abu Al- fused to surrender after hiding in a house brief statement. Hasani, Masayil, Salwa, Mishref, Bayan, Bidaa, Ru- in Umm Al-Haiman yesterday shot and Police called for reinforcements includ- affect water supply maithiya, Salmiya, Messila, Fintas, and Sabah killed himself before special forces ing members of the elite special forces who Al-Salem (blocks 1, 2, and 3). The ministry advised stormed the house. exchanged gunfire with the man for ex- in various areas consumers to be aware of the situation, and to call Interior Minister Anas Al-Saleh and top tended periods. Police used tear gas and the emergency number 152 in case that they face ministry officers were at the scene as offi- stun grenades in the exchange. By Nawara Fattahova a complete cut of water supply. cials tried for six hours trying to convince Authorities later called some of his rel- According to Fatma Al-Gharabali from the the man to give himself up but eventually atives who tried to convince the man to KUWAIT: The Ministry of Electricity and Water public relations department at the Ministry of he killed himself. turn himself in through loudspeakers but all announced conducting maintenance works on the Electricity and Water, this maintenance is regular The dramatic night began when a efforts went in vain. water network on the crossing of Seventh Ring and it takes place in different areas. “The Ministry Kuwaiti woman complained to the police Almost after six hours of attempts and Road and Fahaheel Express Road. The works has chosen this timing, from 8 pm to 8 am, since it that the man had fired some 15 shots at her intermittent exchange of fire, the man fi- started yesterday at 8:00 pm and are scheduled is outside peak hours of water usage, thus trying home in Sabah Al-Salem area and fled. nally shot himself in the head according to to finish at 8:00 am today. to make sure that consumers do not experience Police later succeeded in locating his some reports. He was pronounced dead by In this regard, the ministry announced that the water shortages,” she told the Kuwait Times. whereabouts at a house in Umm Al-Haiman the forensic officials.

Ministry launches 30 US military system to book personnel tested clinic appointments positive for COVID-19

By A Saleh KUWAIT: Almost 30 US military personnel in Kuwait have tested positive for KUWAIT: Ministry of Health (MoH) Information Tech- COVID-19, according to a Defense Department official. Navy Captain William nology Director Ahmad Al-Ghareeb announced launch- Urban, a CENTCOM spokesman, would not release specific numbers, but confirmed ing the online appointment booking system to visit the existence of a cluster of COVID-19 cases at Ahmad Al-Jaber Air Base, reported polyclinics in collaboration with the Public Authority for the US government publications, Air Force Times and military.com. Civil Information (PACI) and MoH’s central department The US military are employing social distancing and contact tracing in a bid to for primary healthcare. “The online booking system is limit the size of the cluster, according to the reports. Non-essential gatherings have available for all areas at all times at MOH’s official web- been suspended and set up of dining facilities also changed to adhere to social dis- site www.moh.gov.kw or through the following link tancing requirements. https://eservices.moh.gov.kw/SPCMS/Appoint- Ahmad Al-Jaber Air Base houses many US airmen, including the Air Force’s 332nd mentsRequestarTest.aspx. Patients can book an ap- Air Expeditionary Wing, which offers a wide range of combat capabilities to US pointment using their civil ID number and the ID’s serial forces in the Levant. US Central Command restricted troops in the Middle East from number,” Ghareeb explained, adding that patients can traveling to other countries in early March to prevent the spread of the virus. visit clinics during the morning or afternoon periods and that the system allows six bookings per hour for general practitioners and four per hour for other specialties, “That is 180 bookings a day for general medicine and 48 daily for others,” he underlined. Maqseed also stressed the need to coordinate be- Schools handover tween various areas’ engineering affairs managers and During a meeting held at his office, Ministry of Edu- boy scouts’ supervisors, reminding that the Interior Min- cation’s (MOE) assistant undersecretary for educational istry had already handed over 36 out of the total of 48 facilities and planning affairs Yaseen Al-Yaseen said a re- schools it had been using. Further, Maqseed stressed the port would be submitted Sunday on the condition of need to clean and sanitize schools under the supervision schools that had been used by government bodies as of the boy scouts voluntary team and civil defense vol- shelters to assess any damage and report back to the unteers and report back to the MoE undersecretaries minister by July 15 pending a maintenance process of in- council on Tuesday, noting that MoE had only allowed termediate and secondary schools before Aug 4. those bodies to use primary and intermediate school Also speaking during the meeting, MoE assistant un- buildings. dersecretary for educational development and activities MoE boy scouts’ education supervisor general affairs Faisal Maqseed said all government bodies and Ibrahim Al-Eid said around 33 school buildings had been co-ops that had used school buildings were urged to sterilized in collaboration with volunteers and the civil KUWAIT: People walk at the Marina Crescent beach Wednesday afternoon. hand them over to MoE by July 15, adding that 366 defense, and that some bodies had already handed over — Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh schools had already been handed over to MoE. the buildings fully cleaned and sanitized.