KUWAIT CITY: An American
soldier stationed in
Kuwait shot and killed himself on Thursday at a US military
base in the oil-rich Gulf state, the interior ministry said.
The ministry said in a statement on Twitter that the soldier, who was **t named, used his personal gun to kill himself while on duty.
The Pentagon confirmed the death of a US
soldier in a "**n-combat related incident" in Kuwait, without elaborating.
The interior ministry said the
soldier was rushed to a public hospital in southern
Kuwait but was pro**unced dead on arrival.
Several thousand American soldiers are stationed at Camp Arifjan, a military
base about 70 kilometres south of
Kuwait City.
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