KUWAIT CITY, Dec 27: An employee of a well known shopping complex in Al-Rai area died and six others were referred to the Intensive Care Unit of Farwaniya Hospital after complaining of severe pain in the chest and cough.
The cause of the death could not be ascertained through preliminary tests, but some said the victim died of meningitis, while others said it was a swine flu case.
Co-workers of the deceased, who worked in the vegetables section of the hypermarket, said he suddenly felt severe pain in the chest which was accompanied with a bout of cough. The man fell down shortly afterwards and died. This spread terror among other employees and six individuals who complained of similar symptoms were rushed to the ICU.
Sources said the hypermarket’s administration sent employees for vaccination at Kuwait Clinic in groups to keep work going at the shopping center.
Senior officials at the Health Ministry have refused to confirm or refute the incident. Manager of Infectious Diseases Hospital Dr Jamal Al-Duaij, however, said they did not receive any such case and added that the ministry had earlier instructed that all infectious cases be sent to hospitals in the victims’ area of residence. He said he did not receive any call from the ministry on any emergency and added that it did not announce anything about meningitis.

Teen stabbed to death: A GCC youth succumbed to stab wounds in the chest late Monday night, as he fought with a neighbor in Sulaibiya area. Apparently, the 17-year old expatriate was stabbed by the compatriot during the quarrel and he died after being referred to the Farwaniya Hospital.
Security operatives have since arrested the culprit, his 22-year old brother, and still searching for a third suspect in connection with the case.
According to sources, the culprit was allegedly performing stunts with his buggy to irritate the victim who became incensed and engaged the culprit in a fight. However, he was stabbed and wounded in the chest and died later in the aforementioned hospital. The suspect admitted stabbing the victim to end the fight, and a case of premeditated murder was registered against him.

Knifed man dead: An unidentified person who was allegedly stabbed by a Kuwaiti man (former inmate of the Central Prison) reportedly succumbed to his injuries inside the Adan Hospital, reports Al-Anba daily. Without going into details the daily said the man was stabbed with a knife.
However, reliable sources told the daily the photo published by some of the local dailies does not belong to the victim. The photo was published soon after the murder was committed for unknown reasons of a person who had died long ago.