Kuwaiti police say terror boss seized in clash
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KUWAIT CITY
Police burst into suspected terrorist hideouts in a tranquil suburb yesterday, arresting a reputed terror boss and setting off a ferocious gunbattle that killed at least four of his followers and a bystander.
The raid - the fourth in three weeks - reflected a sense of urgency in the battle to crush Islamic extremists opposed to the presence of U.S. forces in Kuwait.
The first two, on Jan. 10 and Jan. 15, prompted clashes in which two suspects and two police officers were killed.
On Sunday, security forces fought with militants in a residential district of Kuwait City and three people were killed - a militant, a police officer and a bystander.
In yesterday's raid, police arrested six suspected militants, including suspected ringleader Amer Khlaif al-Enezi. The government said that four militants and a bystander were killed, but Kuwait TV reported last night that one of the arrested militants, who was wounded in the fighting, had died. It was not known whether any suspected militants escaped.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KUWAIT CITY
Police burst into suspected terrorist hideouts in a tranquil suburb yesterday, arresting a reputed terror boss and setting off a ferocious gunbattle that killed at least four of his followers and a bystander.
The raid - the fourth in three weeks - reflected a sense of urgency in the battle to crush Islamic extremists opposed to the presence of U.S. forces in Kuwait.
The first two, on Jan. 10 and Jan. 15, prompted clashes in which two suspects and two police officers were killed.
On Sunday, security forces fought with militants in a residential district of Kuwait City and three people were killed - a militant, a police officer and a bystander.
In yesterday's raid, police arrested six suspected militants, including suspected ringleader Amer Khlaif al-Enezi. The government said that four militants and a bystander were killed, but Kuwait TV reported last night that one of the arrested militants, who was wounded in the fighting, had died. It was not known whether any suspected militants escaped.
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