KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait on Tuesday charged 24 people suspected of links to Iran and Hezbollah with plotting attacks against the Gulf state, a statement by the public prosecutor said.

The men were charged with “spying for the Islamic republic of Iran and Hezbollah to carry out aggressive acts against the State of Kuwait” by smuggling in and assembling explosives, as well as possessing firearms and ammunition, the statement said.

They were also charged with “carrying out acts that would undermine the unity and territorial integrity” of Kuwait, and of possessing eavesdropping devices, it said.

Two other men were also charged in the same case, one with possessing illegal weapons and another with failing to inform authorities about the arms. One of the suspects is Iranian and the rest are Kuwaiti nationals.

Three who remain at large were charged in absentia.

Published in Dawn, September 2nd, 2015

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