KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait is questioning a suspected Daesh terrorist deported from the Philippines as it remanded four relatives in custody, the emirate’s media reported.
Hussein Al-Dhafiri was arrested in an upscale district of Manila late last month along with his Syrian wife Rahaf Zina on suspicion of being members of Daesh and of planning attacks in both countries.
He was deported to Kuwait on Friday to stand trial in his home country on charges of membership of a banned organization and of plotting attacks.
His wife, whom he married after her high-ranking Daesh commander husband was killed in Syria, remains in custody in the Philippines pending deportation to Qatar, from where she entered the islands.
Judicial authorities in Kuwait have remanded four relatives of Al-Dhafiri in custody for 21 days pending further inquiries, Al-Qabas newspaper reported. They face similar charges to Al-Dhafiri, the paper added.
Philippine Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre said on Thursday that Al-Dhafiri was suspected of manufacturing explosives and of possible operational planning against Kuwait.
Washington believed he could “pose a threat to the national security of the Philippines,” Aguirre added.
Hussein Al-Dhafiri was arrested in an upscale district of Manila late last month along with his Syrian wife Rahaf Zina on suspicion of being members of Daesh and of planning attacks in both countries.
He was deported to Kuwait on Friday to stand trial in his home country on charges of membership of a banned organization and of plotting attacks.
His wife, whom he married after her high-ranking Daesh commander husband was killed in Syria, remains in custody in the Philippines pending deportation to Qatar, from where she entered the islands.
Judicial authorities in Kuwait have remanded four relatives of Al-Dhafiri in custody for 21 days pending further inquiries, Al-Qabas newspaper reported. They face similar charges to Al-Dhafiri, the paper added.
Philippine Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre said on Thursday that Al-Dhafiri was suspected of manufacturing explosives and of possible operational planning against Kuwait.
Washington believed he could “pose a threat to the national security of the Philippines,” Aguirre added.
