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‘Activists storm Syria Embassy in Kuwait’
Kuwaiti authorities arrested several people when hundreds of angry Syrians and local activists stormed the Syrian Embassy in the Gulf State on Saturday, the Interior Ministry said.
“A group of Syrian expats stormed the Syrian Embassy in Kuwait, removed the flag and destroyed utilities,” the Ministry said in a statement.
Security personnel assigned to guard the embassy “fired warning gunshots” but protesters still stormed the embassy which eventually left a number of Kuwaiti security men injured, the Ministry said.
Earlier, the independent Kuwait Association for Human Rights said on its Twitter page that at least two protesters were injured in the scramble to flee after embassy guards fired gunshots into the air.
In its statement, the Interior Ministry said the Syrian ambassador and other embassy staff escaped unhurt.
The demonstration took place after Syrians and activists used Twitter to appeal for the gathering to be held after dawn Muslim prayers, following news about a massacre in Homs.
Kuwaiti authorities arrested several people when hundreds of angry Syrians and local activists stormed the Syrian Embassy in the Gulf State on Saturday, the Interior Ministry said.
“A group of Syrian expats stormed the Syrian Embassy in Kuwait, removed the flag and destroyed utilities,” the Ministry said in a statement.
Security personnel assigned to guard the embassy “fired warning gunshots” but protesters still stormed the embassy which eventually left a number of Kuwaiti security men injured, the Ministry said.
Earlier, the independent Kuwait Association for Human Rights said on its Twitter page that at least two protesters were injured in the scramble to flee after embassy guards fired gunshots into the air.
In its statement, the Interior Ministry said the Syrian ambassador and other embassy staff escaped unhurt.
The demonstration took place after Syrians and activists used Twitter to appeal for the gathering to be held after dawn Muslim prayers, following news about a massacre in Homs.
