Kuwait City: Kuwait’s head of the Committee for Prisoners of War (POW) and Missing Persons, Rabih Al Adsani, announced they have determined the identity of seven martyrs that went missing during the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, local media reported.
Their bodies, which were found in Iraq were identified by DNA testing, which was carried out by the General Department of Criminal Evidence at the Ministry of Interior.
Al Adsani said in a press statement on Sunday that they had been arrested during the Iraqi invasion.
The seven martyrs are to be laid to rest at the Al Sulaibikhat cemetery on Monday afternoon. The service will be attended by senior members of government and the security apparatus, including the Minister of Defence, Sheikh Ahmed Al Sabah.
POWs
Many Kuwaitis remain missing since 1990 and their bodies are slowly being discovered.
Back in September, the Kuwaiti embassy in Baghdad received the remains of 21 people believed to be Kuwaiti citizens who went missing during the invasion.
According to the National Committee of Missing and POWs Affairs (NCMPA), as a result of the invasion there were around 605 people missing. Of those, the bodies of 246 were found and identified.
The committee, established in 1991, has reported that there was one POW for every 1,000 Kuwaitis.