CALLING THE POLICE
Despite this particular belief by this 999 bus driver that it was a waste of time for him or the bus company to file a report with the Kuwaiti police, I dialed the emergency number for police assistance to file a complaint. I recalled, “I could have been killed by that miscreant.”
The police on the phone refused to send anyone to the bus—i.e. still en route to Fahaheel City—nor did the dispatcher agree to send police investigators to the Kuwait Magic area, i.e. where the rock throwing has been occurred most often recently in the area.
I was told by the dispatcher simply to go to the Mangaf Police Station and file a report.
I also explained that I couldn’t come there since I was on a moving bus. (However, I explained, if the police would go to Kuwait Magic and investigate; that bus with the broken side window would pass by there on its return route to Kuwait City in a half hour or less.)
Besides, I recalled, “I didn’t know where the Mangaf Police Station was—and my car is in the repair shop. Hence, I was riding on a bus. In neighborhoods I didn’t know well.
I also explained that the newspapers in Kuwait have been loaded with stories of how dangerous this particular route gets at night for buses and how the police need to patrol the streets in these areas where the rocks come flying.
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