Kuwait: Teens arrested after failed machete mall robbery in Al Jahra

Cairo: Two teenagers have been arrested in Kuwait in connection with a failed robbery attempt at a local shopping centre, a security source has said.

Both suspects, aged 16 and 17 years respectively, were later referred to the juvenile prosecution after they had been caught in Al Jahra area north west of Kuwait.

Attached to the case file is a machete that one of the offenders had brandished in the face of sellers at the targeted mall to intimidate and force them to hand over the revenue of their sales, reported Al Anba newspaper.

The incident was reported to the Ministry of Interior Operations Room, prompting the dispatch of a police patrol to the site, the paper quoted the source as saying. 

Upon arrival, police found the two teen suspects held by security guards of the mall, added the source. 

The mall workers stated in an ensuing inquiry that they were surprised to see the two juveniles enter the centre, with one of them holding a machete, attempting to rob the place.

The workers were able to overpower them.  The motive for the robbery attempt is not clear yet.