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ISIS Claims Responsibility For Deadly Bombing At Shi'ite Mosque In Kuwait City

June 26 2015

Kuwait

A deadly bomb has ripped through a Shi'ite mosque in the capital of Kuwait, reports Al Jazeera (Qatar).

The Imam Sadiq mosque in Kuwait City was hit by a blast just after Friday prayers. Some reports said a suicide bomber was responsible.

Early reports said at least eight people were killed and several others wounded, some critically. The number of casualties is expected to rise.

There were about 2,000 worshippers at the mosque, said one witness cited by Reuters.

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