GROOM'S EX LIT FIRE AT KUWAIT WEDDING TENT

KUWAIT FIRE STARTER CONFESSES
WEDDING ARSON CRIME WAS FOR 'PERSONAL REASONS'

Kuwait - The ex-wife of a groom at a Kuwaiti wedding party has admitted starting a blaze that engulfed a tent, killing 46 women and children. The 23-year-old told police she poured petrol around the packed wedding tent and set it on fire to avenge her ex-husband's "bad 'treatment" of her before their divorce, Kuwait's Al-Qabas newspaper said on Monday. Kuwaiti officials say the blaze that tore through a wedding tent and killed 46 women and children was a criminal act motivated by "personal reasons". Authorities said Monday they have identified the perpetrator, who confessed to the crime. Local newspapers report the arsonist is the groom's former wife. Two victims who were hospitalized with severe burns from Saturday's fire died Sunday, bringing the death toll to 46.

Authorities say forensics experts are working to identify the other 35 women and six children killed in the fire, since many of the bodies were burned beyond recognition. The bride escaped injured, but her mother and sister were killed. A place of joy turned into a prison of horror as many of the victims were trampled in the panicked rush to flee the tent filled with women and children. Reports say the blaze took only minutes to destroy the tent.Wedding parties in Kuwait, a conservative Muslim country, are held separately for men and women. Children attend the women's event. At least 57 people were injured in the disaster, which occurred late Saturday in Jahra, west of Kuwait City.

WHAT DO THE VEDIC TEACHINGS TELL US?

When a living entity comes in contact with the material creation, his eternal love for Krishna is transformed into lust, in association with the mode of passion. Or, in other words, the sense of love of God becomes transformed into lust, as milk in contact with sour tamarind is transformed into yogurt. Then again, when lust is unsatisfied, it turns into wrath; wrath is transformed into illusion, and illusion continues the material existence. Therefore, lust is the greatest enemy of the living entity, and it is lust only which induces the pure living entity to remain entangled in the material world.

Srila A.C. BV Swami Prabhupada:
"Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Purport in Chapter 3 - Verse 37"

"The devotees of the Lord are so forbearing that even though they are defamed, cheated, cursed, disturbed, neglected or even killed, they are never inclined to avenge themselves."

"The Srimad Bhagavatam - Canto 1 - Chapter 18 - Verse 48"