Kuwait

KUWAIT: Duty martyr, officer Abdulaziz Al-Rasheedi is laid to his final resting place. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyatn

Kuwait MoI holds funeral for martyred officer Al-Rasheedi

June 28, 2021 | 10:15 p.m EDT

KUWAIT: Duty martyr, officer Abdulaziz Al-Rasheedi is laid to his final resting place. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior yesterday held a funeral for the duty martyr, officer Abdulaziz Al-Rasheedi of the General Department of Traffic. The funeral that proceeded to the burial site at Al-Sulaibikhat cemetery was led by National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem and included Minister of Interior Sheikh Thamer Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Interior Undersecretary Major General Issam Al-Naham and a number of security and military chiefs. The interior minister expressed in a press statement condolences to the martyr's family, affirming "this crime will not be shelved and there will full investigation" into circumstances of the case. - KUNA

Minister of Interior Sheikh Thamer Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah condoles with the officer's father.

National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem attends the funeral.

June 28, 2021 10:15 PM

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