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Kuwaiti Cabinet condemns terrorist incidents in S. Arabia, Bahrain

KUWAIT, Oct 9 (KUNA) -- The Cabinet, at its regular weekly session held on Monday, decried A recent terrorist attack that targeted a security checkpoint of the Saudi Royal Guards in Jeddah.
The Cabinet lauded measures, taken by the Kingdom to abort terrorist plots and combat terrorism, affirming the State of Kuwait support for any such effort that would help in finishing off this peril.
The ministers, according to a statement read by Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister of Information Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, wished the Kingdom ever-lasting prosperity, progress and stability, under the sagacious leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud.
A gunman armed with a Kalashnikov rifle and three Molotov bombs killed two Royal guards and wounded three others in an attack on a checkpoint at the western gate of Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah early on Saturday.
The Cabinet denounced a terrorist blast in Manama, Bahrain, where a police officer was killed and several others were wounded, affirming solidarity with the Kingdom and expressing condolences to the martyr's family. (end) asa.rk