‘Kuwait is unsafe for women’: Outrage in Gulf after man arrested for murder while on bail

The killing has led to calls for greater protection for all women, reports Ashleigh Stewart

Kuwait City (Getty Images)

Women in Kuwait are demanding protection and tougher punishments for perpetrators of violent crime, after a man was arrested for murdering a woman while released on bail for harassing her.

Outrage has spread across the tiny Gulf country after a man fatally stabbed a woman and dumped her body outside a hospital, just days into the holy month of Ramadan. 

Videos circulating on social media show the victim’s distraught sister screaming at authorities outside the hospital, saying that their pleas to protect her had been ignored.