Juvenile and Adult Face Charges for Allegedly Assaulting Police Officer in Salmiya

KUWAIT CITY, Nov 4: The Juvenile Prosecution has taken up a criminal case involving a juvenile and an adult accused of assaulting a Ministry of Interior officer while he was performing his official duties on Al-Balajat Street in the Salmiya area.

According to a security source, the case file was referred by the head of the investigation department to the Juvenile Prosecution to complete the necessary legal procedures after the officer, acting in his capacity as a public employee, filed a report alleging that he had been assaulted while on duty.

The two defendants are a Kuwaiti citizen born in 2010 and another individual born in 2007, who is classified as an adult in the case file.

The charges concern assaulting a public employee while performing official duties. The Juvenile Prosecution is handling the completion of the legal procedures related to the incident.

Under Kuwait's Penal Code, penalties are increased for assaulting or forcibly resisting a public employee while performing official duties or because of those duties. The law provides for a further increase in penalties when the victim is a police officer.

The applicable penalties for the two defendants will depend on the final legal classification of the incident and their respective ages at the time of the alleged offence.