Kuwait city: An 11-year-old girl in Kuwait died from injuries sustained from falling shrapnel in a residential area of the Capital Governorate, Minister of Health Dr. Abdullah Al Sanad said today.

According to Qatar News Agency, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported a press release from the Minister saying that the girl received first aid before being rushed by ambulance to the casualty ward of the Amir Hospital where she was pronounced dead half an hour later, the minister noted in a press release.

The statement added that four members of the victim's family were under medical observation at the hospital.