A Kuwaiti man suspected of accompanying the man who assaulted an Egyptian migrant worker in Kuwait, Waheed Mahmoud al-Rifeai, was arrested on Thursday with an investigation ongoing into the assault, said the the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Social media users circulated a video captured on CCTV on Tuesday, of a Kuwaiti man brutally assaulting a worker at a central marketplace in the al-Shuwaikh area in Kuwait. The video elicited the Egyptian public to call for an intervention from Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and the Egyptian Embassy in Kuwait. A delegation of Egyptian editors visited al-Rifeai on Wednesday to check on his health. Meanwhile, the Minister of Immigration and Egyptian Expatriates’ Affairs, Nabila Makram, paid a visit to Kuwait on Thursday to check on al-Rifeai’s condition.

Source: Egypt Independent December 08, 2017 13:41 UTC