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Kuwait asks Burkina Faso to join probe into fatal restaurant attack

Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah meets the Burkinabe Ambassador to Kuwait Abu Bakr Koty
Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah meets the Burkinabe Ambassador to Kuwait Abu Bakr Koty
KUWAIT, Aug 21 (KUNA) -- Kuwait has submitted a formal request to Burkina Faso to join ongoing investigations over a "terrorist" attack on a restaurant in the Western African nation that killed two prominent Kuwaiti citizens and religious scholars.
Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah met the Burkinabe Ambassador to Kuwait Abu Bakr Koty on Monday, where he handed him a memorandum stating that Kuwait wishes to join the probe into the attack that left scores of people dead, including Kuwaitis Waleed Al-Ali and Fahad Al-Husseini.
A number of foreign ministry officials were present during the meeting. (end) nam