Kuwait was hunting Tuesday for suspected al Qaeda-linked militants after a deadly gunfight with security forces that triggered a new US terror warning. The emirate has also ordered a crackdown on militants after two Kuwaiti officers and a suspect were killed in the shootout Monday when security forces moved in on a Kuwait City suburb to make an arrest.
"Security forces are looking for two to three suspects" who fled after the gunfight, a security official told AFP. "They are known to us and we will find them soon. They are suspected of being linked to al Qaeda terror network."
The embassy in Kuwait of the United States, a key US ally in the region, issued a new warning to US citizens Tuesday that armed "terrorists" were at large in the emirate and that they should exercise caution.
"At least one suspected terrorist, known to be armed and dangerous, remains at large. The two terrorists involved in the shooting may have been part of a larger group," said a message from the embassy in the second alert in as many days.
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