Meanwhile, the court also upheld the acquittal of other co-defendants in the case due to insufficient evidence. The arrests were carried out by the State Security Service, which had been monitoring the suspects’ movements and communications with suspicious parties abroad. The suspects, all Kuwaiti citizens – including a military officer from the Ministry of Interior – were detained after surveillance revealed their ties to foreign terrorist elements. Charges brought against them included affiliation with a terrorist group, inciting violence, and planning attacks against foreign military installations within Kuwait. Despite denying the allegations, the defense argued for a lack of sufficient evidence and requested bail