Lotfi Mohamed Mahmoud Al-Barbari, the Egyptian man accused of attempting to kill 13 American soldiers by ploughing a pick-up truck into a group of soldiers outside a store at Camp Udairi last March, again told the Criminal Court Judge he did not intend to kill the Americans.
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The court renewed his detention until Nov 19 until the court receives a medical report on the condition of the victims. Meanwhile, three Egyptian lawyers based in Cairo have volunteered to help defend Al-Barbari The accused's defence attorney told the court his client has been detained for about seven months and he had been psychologically and bodily harmed because of the injury to his left arm when he was shot by some soldiers on the day of the incident.
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Lofti's attorney told the court his client’s passport has been confiscated and there is no way he can escape. "So, there is no need to continue his detention." When the suspect ploughed into the soldiers, he was shot by other soldiers several times and wounded in the left hand and as a result he cannot move three fingers. Al-Barbari was working at the camp as an electrician at the time of the incident and is facing an attempted murder charge. The Kuwaiti authorities have received reports from the Egyptian State Security Department showing Lotfi has no link to any organisation and is not involved in politics. Three Egyptian lawyers have volunteered to defend him. |