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Join Date: 04 Mar 2015
Location:  KuwaitPosts: 87 |
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25 killed in suicide bombing of Shiite mosque in Kuwait |
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25 killed in suicide bombing of Shiite mosque in Kuwait
KUWAIT: Twenty five people were killed and 202 wounded when a suicide bomber attacked a mosque in Kuwait City today. Mahmoud Al Dousary, assistant undersecretary for special forces affairs with the Ministry of Interior confirmed the number of dead today in a statement to the press. The bomber snuck into the Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque near Kuwait's famous Al-Sawaber district in Sharq at the end of the busy noon prayer. Casualties covered in blood could be seen throughout the mosque grounds. Earlier, a government official confirmed to Kuwait Times that the attack was a suicide bombing. Amir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah immediately visited the mosque and wounded, many of whom were taken to Amiri Hospital for treatment. Photos from the mosque show a chaotic scene with blood-covered bodies. Hundreds of police and emergency response teams at the scene. The Cabinet held an emergency meeting in response to the attack. The imam of Al-Sadiq mosque Sheikh Hamed Hadi Al-Saleh told Kuwait Times, "A suicide bomber entered the mosque. During the sujoud, he shouted 'Allahu Akbar' three times and blew himself up near worshippers in the back rows. People sitting on chairs were the closest to him, and thus most affected." The attack is the first suicide bombing in Kuwait since the 1985 suicide bombing attack on the late Amir Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah. Today's attack was immediately claimed by a group in Saudi Arabia affiliated with Islamic State militants. The Al Nadj Province group, an offshoot of IS, named the bomber as Abu Suleiman Al-Muwahhid. Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al Sabah said the suicide bombing was a deliberate attack on Kuwaiti unity. Approximately 30 percent of the country's citizens are of the Shiite sect, the rest are Sunni. But Kuwait social media responded with calls for unity and prayers for those who died or were wounded in the attack. Hundreds of people flocked to Amiri Hospital to search for relatives or to offer donations of blood. The local blood bank opened to receive donations as well. Source:kuwaittimes http://news.kuwaittimes.net/25-killed-in-suicide-bombing-of-shiite-mosque-in-kuwait/ |
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