Letter bomb from Beirut targets Kuwaiti editor

Published December 12th, 2003 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

A small explosive device in a letter addressed to an outspoken Kuwaiti newspaper editor detonated Thursday as his secretary was opening it, causing him slight injuries, the editor said. 

 

Ahmed al-Jarallah, who owns the Al-Siyassa newspaper and its sister English-language Arab Times, told AFP that the device was hidden in a letter addressed to him and sent from Beirut. 

 

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