KUWAIT CITY

A U.S. soldier deployed at an American military base in southern Kuwait has committed suicide, the official Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported Thursday.

According to a Kuwaiti Interior Ministry statement cited by KUNA, the soldier shot himself with his army-issued firearm.

The soldier -- whose name has not been released -- was reportedly rushed to a hospital where he died of his self-inflicted injury.

An investigation has reportedly been launched into the incident.

Reporting by Mohamed Abdel-Ghaffar; Writing by Mahmoud Barakat