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Friday 26 Jun 2015 - 15:52 Makkah mean time-9-9-1436
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Kuwait city, (IINA) - The militant group, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), has claimed on Friday the deadly bombing on a Kuwaiti mosque, which left at least 16 people killed, Al Arabiya News reported.
The bomb struck the Imam Sadiq Mosque in a busy area of Kuwait City’s al-Sawabir district. An ISIS statement posted on social media identified the bomber as Abu Suleiman al-Muwahed and said the target was a “temple of the rejectionists” - a term used by the militant group to refer to Shiite Muslims - and said dozens were killed or wounded. This is not the first time ISIS attacks a Shiite mosque in the Gulf region. ISIS has claimed responsibility for bombings at two different Shiite mosques in Saudi Arabia in recent weeks.
However, Friday’s attack is the first such bombing targeting Kuwaiti Shiites, who make up around one-third of the country’s native population of 1.3 million people. A witness said the bombing happened when the mosque was packed with some 2,000 worshippers during Friday prayers. "It is a suicide bombing," a security official told AFP. Witnesses gave a similar account, saying a suicide bomber entered the mosque during the weekly noon prayers. Witness Abdullah Al-Saffar, who was at the mosque at the time of blast, said the explosions took place on the mosque grounds following Friday prayers, and that there were casualties.
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