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7 to die over Kuwait mosque attack

Tuesday, 15 September 2015


Kuwait has sentenced seven people to death over the suicide bombing of a Shia mosque in which at least 27 people were killed.
Another eight suspects were given terms of between two and 15 years in jail while 14 others were acquitted.
More than 220 people were wounded in the 26 June attack, which targeted the Imam Sadiq Mosque in a busy area to the east of Kuwait City.
A group affiliated with Islamic State (IS) said it was behind the attack. The IS regards Shia Muslims as heretics and says it was behind the attack.
Kuwait says the man who carried out the bombing was a Saudi citizen named Fahd Suleiman Abdulmohsen al-Qaba'a, according to BBC.

--Samir--