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Kuwait Shiite mosque bomber was Saudi national: ministry

Published: 28 Jun 2015 - 03:42 pm | Last Updated: 18 Jan 2022 - 10:50 pm


Kuwait City--A suicide bomber who carried out a deadly attack claimed by the Islamic State group on a Shiite mosque in Kuwait was a Saudi national, the interior ministry said Sunday.

In a statement carried by the official KUNA news agency, the ministry identified the attacker as Fahd Suleiman Abdulmohsen al-Qaba'a.

IS claimed the Friday attack, which killed 26 and wounded 227 worshippers at the Al-Imam Al-Sadeq mosque in Kuwait City.

AFP