MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN KUWAIT FOR MURDERING FAMILY

a Shiite Muslim in Kuwait who shot dead his wife and two children after he was "ordered" to do so in a dream by Imam Al-Mehdi, his faith's most revered cleric, was sentenced to death. The man was identified as Dhaher al-Fadhli, 47. He worked as a computer engineer in the Kuwaiti army until 1999 when he was fired after being involved in a drugs case. He is believed to have been on drugs since then.