Egypt Forces Kill 40 Militants in Crackdown After Bus Attack Three Vietnamese Tourists, Egyptian Guide Killed • Amir Condemns Deadly Bombing
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RABI ALTHANI 23, 1440 AH SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2018 28 Pages Max 17º Min 08º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 17720 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Kuwait 49th among 109 states in Syria army deploys to Manbij Oz, revered writer and Israeli Ronaldo double seals new 56attracting investments: Dhaman in new alliance with Kurds 19 voice for peace, dies aged 79 27 record for voracious Juve Egypt forces kill 40 militants in crackdown after bus attack Three Vietnamese tourists, Egyptian guide killed • Amir condemns deadly bombing GIZA, Egypt: Egyptian police killed 40 suspects in a to a restaurant for dinner” when the bomb exploded. crackdown yesterday after a roadside bomb hit a tour Company officials were heading to Cairo yesterday bus claiming the lives of three Vietnamese holidaymak- and plans were made to allow some relatives of the vic- ers and an Egyptian guide. Thirty alleged “terrorists” tims to also fly to Egypt. One of them was Nguyen were killed in separate raids in Giza governorate, home Nguyen Vu whose sister Nguyen Thuy Quynh, 56, died to Egypt’s famed pyramids and the scene of Friday’s in the bombing, while her husband, Le Duc Minh, was deadly bombing, while 10 others were killed in the wounded. The couple, both aged 56, were in the restive North Sinai, the interior ministry said without seafood business, Quynh’s younger brother said. “We directly linking them to the attack. were all very shocked... My sister and her husband It said authorities had received information the sus- travel quite a lot and they are quite experienced in trav- pects were preparing a spate of attacks “targeting state elling abroad,” Vu told AFP. He said he was applying for institutions, particularly economic ones, as well as a visa for Egypt and hoped to travel yesterday. “Our tourism, armed forces, police and Christian places of wish is that we could bring my sister back home.” worship”. The ministry did not give any details about Vietnam’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Le Thi the suspects’ identity or whether there had been any Thu Hang thanked Egyptians who were caring for the casualties or injuries among the security forces. The survivors. “Vietnam is very angry and strongly con- statement said the three raids took place simultaneous- demns the terrorist act that killed and injured many ly. The ministry published photos of bloodied bodies innocent Vietnamese and has asked Egypt to soon with their faces concealed and assault rifles and shot- open an investigation, chase and give harsh punish- guns lying on the floor beside them. ment to those who carried out these terrorist act,” she A security source said the raids took place early said in a statement. yesterday morning, hours after Friday evening’s road- HH the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- side bombing which officials said hit a tour bus in the Jaber Al-Sabah sent a cable to Egyptian President Al-Haram district near the Giza pyramids, killing the Abdelfattah Al-Sisi to express strong denunciation of three Vietnamese holidaymakers and their Egyptian the bomb attack on the tourist bus. The attack is moral- guide. Eleven other tourists from Vietnam and an ly despicable and runs counter to all religious and Egyptian bus driver were wounded, the public prose- humanitarian values as it targeted innocent civilians and SAQQARA, Egypt: A tourist bus which was attacked is towed away from the scene in Giza province south of the cutor’s office said. Saigon Tourist, the company that left scores of casualties, he stressed. capital Cairo on Friday. — AFP organized the trip, said the tourists were “on their way Continued on Page 24 Municipality open Amir congratulates officers for flying Kuwaiti flag high to BBQing in parks with conditions By A Saleh KUWAIT: The Municipality expressed readiness to handle waste left over after barbequing in public parks if the previous instructions it had received on banning barbequing in parks are rescinded. The municipality’s assistant director for Ahmadi and Jahra affairs Faisal Al-Jumaa said that the munici- pality initially agreed to allowing barbequing in parks on the condition that the Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources, the body Continued on Page 24 News in brief Man jumps to death KUWAIT: An Arab expat died instantly in the early DOHA: Officers in the Kuwaiti army Lt Col Fahd Al-Yaqoub, Lt Col Salem Al-Mell and Maj Nasser Fawaz Al-Sabah hold a 63-sq-meter Kuwaiti flag at an altitude of 13,000 feet on hours of yesterday after jumping from the fifth floor Friday during their record-breaking jump. — KUNA of a Farwaniya building. Security sources said the fire department was summoned to the scene before KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- today, said Major Al-Sabah. On what drove the team to officers. First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of midnight on Friday, as the man was threatening to Jaber Al-Sabah sent cables of congratulations yester- pursue such an endeavor, he said it was to prove that Defense Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on commit suicide. Rescue men failed to talk him out of day to officers in the Kuwaiti army Lt Col Fahd Al- Kuwaiti youth are always up to the challenge. He point- Friday also congratulated the three army officers. ending his life and he finally jumped, plunging to his Yaqoub, Lt Col Salem Al-Mell and Maj Nasser Fawaz ed out that it was a personal project that was two years The ministry of defense said in a statement that death. — Hanan Al-Saadoun Al-Sabah. The three free-fall skydivers managed to in the making, while the special material for the flag was Sheikh Nasser expressed pride in the officers’ global hold a 63-sq-meter Kuwaiti flag at an altitude of manufactured in Spain. He dedicated the achievement accomplishment and raising the national flag high, urg- 13,000 feet on Friday. The record-breaking jump took to the Kuwaiti leadership and people. ing them to persevere for serving Kuwait. National Ban on carcinogenic containers place at Skydive Qatar, a world-class skydiving facility In his cables, HH the Amir congratulated the officers Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem also sent that integrates advanced training programs with the on their achievement to register the new record. HH the cables of congratulations yesterday to the army offi- KUWAIT: Minister of Commerce and Industry and enjoyment of skydiving. Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- cers. He praised their great accomplishment that Minister of State for Services Khaled Al-Roudhan Representatives from the Guinness World Records Sabah and HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al- depicted great capacities among the Kuwaiti youth and issued a ban on the importation of thermosetting will honor the trio during a special ceremony in Kuwait Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah sent similar cables to the their achievements at various levels. — KUNA containers containing asbestos. The ban, to be implemented early next year, aims to protect public health and consumer safety, the ministry said in a press release yesterday. The decision includes ban- ning the import of all materials containing asbestos, We’re not in crisis: US arrests Jewish including containers that come in contact with food and for keeping beverages cold and hot. The state- New Saudi foreign sect members for ment noted the ministry will start an inspection cam- paign to take random samples from local markets to ensure that they are free of any substances harmful minister takes reins kidnapping kids to consumer health. — KUNA RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s new foreign minister struck a NEW YORK: Four members of an extremist Jewish sect note of defiance Friday in the face of international out- based in Guatemala have been arrested in New York on No papers on Saturdays rage over critic Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, denying the charges of kidnapping two children, federal prosecutors kingdom was in crisis and that his predecessor had been have said. According to a statement issued Friday by the RIYADH: Ibrahim Al-Assaf, the new Saudi foreign minis- US Attorney’s Office from the Southern District of New KUWAIT: Kuwaiti daily newspapers Al-Qabas, Al- demoted. Ibrahim Al-Assaf, a former veteran finance ter, speaks to AFP at his residence in the Saudi capital York, the four men are members of Lev Ahor, which prac- Rai, Al-Jarida and Al-Anbaa will stop publishing minister who was briefly detained last year in what on Friday. — AFP tices a form of ultra-Orthodox Judaism with teachings that every Saturday from Jan 5. Al-Qabas said in its yes- Riyadh said was an anti-corruption sweep, replaced include veiling women from head to toe in black tunics. terday’s edition that it agreed with the other news- Adel Al-Jubeir as foreign minister in a major government faces intense global scrutiny over the Oct 2 murder of jour- One of the men, Aron Rosner, 45, who lives in Brooklyn, papers to stop printing every Saturday, thus their shake-up on Thursday ordered by King Salman. nalist Khashoggi. But speaking to AFP in his first interview was arrested on Dec 23. The other three - Nachman staff will be off duty on Fridays. Al-Jarida, Al-Rai The surprise reshuffle was seen partly as an attempt to since his appointment, Assaf insisted the restructuring was Helbrans, 36, alleged to be the leader of the sect, and and Al-Anbaa said their websites and social media elevate the kingdom’s marginalized old guard, adding a motivated not by the Khashoggi affair, but the need to Mayer Rosner and Jacob Rosner, aged 42 and services will be updated on Saturdays.