Blast Hits Kuwait Shiite Mosque, Many Feared Killed

Kuwait City:  An explosion ripped through a Shiite mosque in the Kuwaiti capital during the main weekly prayers today causing casualties, witnesses and a security official told AFP.

The was carried out by a suicide bomber, a security official told AFP.

“It is a suicide bombing,” the official said.

Witnesses gave a similar account, saying a suicide bomber entered the mosque during the weekly noon prayers.

The blast hit Al-Imam al-Sadeq mosque in Kuwait City, the sources said, without being able to provide an immediate toll.

The Islamic State group has claimed similar bombings targeting Shiite mosques in Saudi Arabia and Yemen in recent weeks.