Kuwait said Tuesday that four people arrested earlier this month as they attempted to enter the country by sea have confessed to belonging to Iran's Revolutionary Guards. The four men -- two navy colonels, a captain, and a lieutenant commander -- admitted they had been tasked by Iran's ideological army with "infiltrating" Bubiyan Island, Kuwait's interior ministry said in a statement published by state news agency Kuna.
The island is Kuwait's largest and is located near the Iranian coast. The group attempted to enter on May 1 "aboard a fishing boat specially chartered to carry out hostile actions against Kuwait", the ministry said.
A Kuwaiti serviceman was wounded during an exchange of fire with Kuwaiti forces on the island, and two of the Revolutionary Guard members managed to escape, it added.
On May 3, the defence ministry said it arrested four people attempting to enter Kuwait by sea.
Since the Middle East war began in late February, Kuwaiti authorities have sought to crack down on individuals and groups with alleged links to Iran.
And in mid-April, 24 people were arrested in the country for financing "terrorist" entities, according to the interior ministry, while a security source said five former lawmakers were among those arrested.
