Cross-dressing Kuwaiti woman arrested after shopping mall brawl

Kuwait City, June 13 (ANI): An 18-year-old Kuwaiti woman has reportedly been arrested after she turned up at a shopping mall dressed as a man and sparked off a brawl.

According to a report by a local Arabic daily, Al Anba, the woman was taken in police custody after she wore the traditional men's kandoura and ghotra (headdress) at a shopping mall in the Salmiya area of the capital.

The woman's unusual looks sparked a fight between a group of young men interested in her and another group that sought to chase them away, The Gulf News reports.

According to the report, two shops inside the mall were damaged in the scuffle that was later broken up by police. (ANI)