KUWAIT CITY: A collision between a truck driven by an Egyptian and a vehicle carrying three US soldiers in Kuwait was a “terrorist attack,” not an accident as first thought, the embassy confirmed Sunday. “US Embassy in Kuwait confirms that what at first appeared to be a routine traffic accident involving three deployed US military personnel… was in fact an attempted terrorist attack,” the mission said in a statement posted on its website. The soldiers also rescued the Egyptian driver when his truck caught fire, it said. The ministry said the attack was on five Americans without saying they were troops. The US embassy said it was not aware of specific, credible threats against private US citizens in Kuwait at this time.

Source: Manila Times October 10, 2016 02:03 UTC