Kuwait Shia mosque 'hit by suicide blast'
Source: BBC
A suicide bomber has targeted a Shia mosque around the time of Friday prayers in the Kuwaiti capital, security officials and witnesses say.
The scale of the attack is not yet known, though a number of fatalities has been reported.
The blast hit the Imam Sadiq Mosque in al-Sawaber - a busy area to the east of Kuwait City.
Attacks of this kind are extremely rare in Kuwait. No group has yet said it was behind the blast.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-33287136
bigworld
(1,807 posts)Though not confirmed that it's ISIS-affiliated, if so, their reach is really starting to get closer and closer to Saudi Arabia.
MADem
(135,425 posts)"The operation was carried out in two hotels. There are seven dead, maybe more," ministry spokesman Mohamed Ali Aroui told Mosaique radio.
The body of one gunman lay at the scene with a Kalashnikov assault rifle after he was shot in an exchange of gunfire with police, the source said.
British tourist David Schofield told Sky News that he was by the pool when he heard "quite a large explosion" and guests started to run back towards the hotel. "We heard people saying there were guns on the beach. People were shooting on the beach," he said.
"People are running around the hotel. No-one has really been told what to do."
Pictures posted on Instagram appeared to shot a couple dead on the beach with a couple dead with gunshot wounds to the head....
6chars
(3,967 posts)3 newsworthy attacks in one day. someone should call on someone to do something.
MADem
(135,425 posts)I have detected an uptick in security in areas where it might be useful--simply by keeping my eyes open.
If we were still using the Crayola Warning System of the Bushco regime, I'd say we're in ORANGE right now. If you're travelling, keep your eyes open.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)unmarked 100,000 troops to assist. For a fee.
MADem
(135,425 posts)Sunlei
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(22,651 posts)romanic
(2,841 posts)but it seems like it's definitely Sunni vs Shiite flavor. Are ISIS mostly Sunni muslims, if so then that's pretty much the issue here.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Despicable.
romanic
(2,841 posts)Reter
(2,188 posts)Christian? Jewish?
oberliner
(58,724 posts)The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has claimed on Friday the deadly bombing on a Kuwaiti mosque, which left at least 24 people killed.
An ISIS statement posted on social media identified the bomber as Abu Suleiman al-Muwahed and said the target was a temple of the rejectionists - a term used by the Islamist militant group to refer to Shiite Muslims - and said dozens were killed or wounded.
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/06/26/Explosion-hits-mosque-in-Kuwait-during-Friday-prayers-.html
B2G
(9,766 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)hire the " for profit" Merc Corps like Blackwater.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,361 posts)Another 202 people were wounded, it added. Images circulating online show bodies on the mosque floor amid debris.
The blast hit the Imam Sadiq Mosque in a busy area to the east of Kuwait City.
An Islamic State- (IS) affiliated group said it was behind the attack. IS has carried out similar recent attacks in neighbouring Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
(same BBC link as OP)