Nine held over storming of Kuwait’s Al Watan TVRebecca Hawkes ©RapidTVNews | 05-02-2012
Nine people accused of storming Al Watan TV station last week are reportedly being interrogated by Kuwait's Public Prosecution authority.
The nine accused have, according to Al Watan Arabic newspaper, confessed during initial investigations that they were incited to storm the broadcaster's premises, attack security forces and destroy property belonging to the privately owned TV channel and its staff.
Three others have been released without charge, according to the report.
Tribal protests over the interview of the pro-government parliamentary candidate Nabeel Al Fadhl by the Kuwait City based Al Watan TV station reportedly sparked the violence on 31 January.
Officials say 20 people were injured in the protest involving a crowd of 'hundreds', which had to be dispersed by police using tear gas.
Elections were held on Thursday (2 February) in Kuwait to select 50 members of Parliament.
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