Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled visits injured officers

KUWAIT, Aug 14 (KUNA) -- Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah visited on Sunday Lieutenant Colonel Abdul Aziz Al-Awadhi who is undergoing treatment at Al-Amiri Hospital.
The visit occurred after officer Al-Awadhi was stabbed by a suspect whom he stopped at Al-Rawda area earlier, Security Media Department of the Ministry of Interior said in a press statement.
Minister Mohammad Al-Khaled also visited Major Hamad Al-Humoud in Al-Babtain Center for Burns, where he is receiving treatment after he was attacked by the same person, biting Al-Humoud's right ear while he was interrogating him.
The MoI statement quoted Minister Mohammad Al-Khaled as saying that Kuwait always looks after its sons and will never hold back anything needed "to our devoted personnel who won't hold back any effort needed to maintain the country's security." He was accompanied by Interior Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for criminal security Major General Abdulhameed Al-Awadhi, Director of Criminal Security Department at the Interior Ministry Major General Mahmoud Al-Tabakh, Director of Security Media Department Brigadier Adel Al-Hashash and a number of the ministry's security officials. (end) hmd.mys