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Kuwait sentences 3 to death for alleged plot to kill deputy prime minister, sources say

Kuwait condemned three men to death on Monday for plotting the assassination of the deputy prime minister, collaborating with Iran and joining Hezbollah, two judiciary sources told AFP.

The three men are all from the Shia Muslim community, which makes up around a third of Kuwait's population.

Huseein Abdallah al-Maatouq, a religious dignitary and secretary-general of the National Islamic Alliance, was among the three condemned by the criminal court, the sources said.

Another of the trio had been convicted in 2016 of terrorism before being pardoned by the country's emir.…