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Kuwait arrests Islamic State suspect in US truck-ramming attack Egyptian driver rams garbage truck into pick-up carrying five Americans, who escape unhurtKuwait police on Saturday arrested an Egyptian driver after he rammed a garbage truck into a pick-up carrying five Americans, the interior ministry said, adding that he was carrying suspected explosives.The ministry said in a statement that a hand-written note had been found in which the driver, 28-year old Ibrahim Sulaiman, had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) group.The statement said the man deliberately rammed the truck into the vehicle carrying the Americans in an attempt to kill them, based on initial interrogation of Sulaiman who was hospitalised after being injured in the incident.The Americans escaped unhurt. It was not immediately clear where the incident took place.