A video clip was circulated on social media, allegedly documenting the assault of Egyptian policemen on Kuwaiti students in Alexandria.
Al-Hurra might not verify the authenticity of the video, which sparked a torrent of comments from inside and outside Egypt.
In the video, which was filmed from one of the balconies, two policemen grab a young man dressed in sportswear and forcefully drag him, before two colleagues join them as they grab another young man and hit him hard behind his head, while the videographer shows astonishment at what was happening in front of his eyes.
After him, a number of policemen gathered and took the two young men away.
Egyptian security strikes Kuwaiti students in #Egypt #Kuwait pic.twitter.com/4T2m6tm1dC
— omar moha (@omarmoh93884110) January 7, 2023
Kuwaiti parliamentarian Hamad Al-Matar commented on the circulating video via a tweet, in which he called for the condemnation and accountability of those responsible for “unprofessional behavior,” as he put it.
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???? assault on #Kuwait _ students in #Egypt This unprofessional behavior must be condemned and held accountable@HamadAlmatar@MOFAKuwait#Kuwait #Egypt #Parliament #Alexandria _ students pic.twitter.com/M355RR1jjK
– Sarah (@Sratkw) January 7, 2023
In another tweet expressing his position on what happened, al-Matar wrote, “The way the security authorities dealt with the videos that were published of assaulting our students without resistance and humiliating them in front of the world requires the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to condemn this unprofessional behavior, follow up and hold them accountable.”
He also called on the Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry to summon Egypt’s ambassador to Kuwait, saying, “I will include a message to the National Assembly for the next session to talk regarding the Foreign Ministry’s procedures.”
The way the security authorities dealt with the clips that were published of the assault on our students without any resistance from them and humiliating them in front of the world requires the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
1- Condemn this unprofessional behavior and pursue their accountability
2- Summoning the Egyptian ambassador to Kuwait
I will include for the next session a message to the National Assembly to talk regarding the foreign measures.– Mr. Dr. Hamad Mohammed Al-Matar (@HamadAlmatar) January 7, 2023
In a third tweet, Al-Matar gave details he gleaned from the “Union of Kuwaiti Students in Egypt,” who confirmed to him, as he put it, that their colleagues had indeed been attacked by policemen in Alexandria.
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Violation and humiliating beating of some Kuwaiti students studying in #Alexandria We denounce it, and it requires the immediate intervention of the Minister of Foreign Affairs@HamadAlmatar @MOFAKuwait #Kuwait #Egypt #Parliament #Alexandria _ students pic.twitter.com/LzB6ggLQeh
– Sarah (@Sratkw) January 7, 2023
For his part, Kuwaiti writer and activist Salman Al-Jawana said, “The Egyptian police’s brutal attack on Kuwaiti students in Alexandria, beating them as if they were prisoners of war and arresting others, requires action at the state level.”
The Egyptian police attacked Kuwaiti students in Alexandria in this brutal way
He beat them as if they were “prisoners of war” and arrested others
It requires action at the state level
The Minister of Foreign Affairs must quickly intervene and punish these criminals who attack our children@MOFAKuwait #Kuwait#Alexandria _ students pic.twitter.com/CRb92JlV5f– Salman Amer Al-Jawana (@alzafirey) January 7, 2023
Al-Rai newspaper, Kuwaiti, confirmed for its part Release The students revealed that the matter was “related to breaking up a quarrel.”
The newspaper quoted Egyptian sources as saying that the video circulated related to a quarrel between the students.
Al-Rai sources stated that the police received a report from officials of one of the student complexes in Alexandria regarding the occurrence of a quarrel between a number of Kuwaiti students, so “the security men moved to separate them, but the clash continued, the security had to arrest them and transfer them to the Public Prosecution in the Smouha area,” and the newspaper’s expression was exhausted.
In addition, the newspaper quoted Kuwait’s ambassador In Egypt, Ghanem Al-Ghanem, saying that the embassy is following up the case, pointing to the intervention of several embassy officials, including the lawyer, to conduct investigations with the students.
