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 Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 2:02 am Post subject: Worst Domestic Violence Act Ever!- 41 Killed by Ex-Wife |
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Dateline: Kuwait City, Kuwait
By: Diana Elias
From: AP
Via: The Honor Network
Worst Domestic Violence Act Ever!- 41 Killed by Ex-Wife
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| Quote: | Kuwaiti authorities have apprehended the person suspected of setting fire to a wedding tent and killing 41 people and said Monday the motive was personal. Local newspapers reported the groom's ex-wife was the arsonist.
The inferno Saturday night in the tribal area of al-Jahra, west of Kuwait City, ate up the women's tent in just three minutes and left behind bodies so charred they were unrecognizable. Guests likely crushed one another in a desperate attempt to flee. It was still unclear if the bride had survived.
'A Horrific Scene'
Kuwaiti officials said 41 women and children died when a fire broke out at a wedding party in Kuwait City on Saturday. The deadly inferno lasted just three minutes. Authorities said 58 injured were still in hospitals, including seven people in serious condition with severe burns. Here, burnt debris litters the area.
The alleged arsonist has been identified and "confessed to committing the crime for personal reasons," Interior Ministry spokesman Col. Mohammed al-Saber told state-owned Kuwait television.
The independent Al-Qabas daily said the groom's former wife, who is 23 years old, poured gasoline on the tent and lit it because she felt her ex-husband mistreated her when they were married.
The chief, who described the fire as the worst disaster he's seen in almost four decades of service, said 6 bodies were still unidentified and it was not known if the bride survived the carnage.
Fifty-two others injured in the blaze remained in the hospital, the health minister, Hilal al-Sayer, told the TV. |
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