2015 Kuwait mosque bombing
| Kuwait mosque bombing | |
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| Part of 2015 Ramadan attacks | |
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| Location | Al Sadiq Mosque Kuwait City, Kuwait |
| Coordinates | 29°22′36″N 47°58′35″E / 29.3766007°N 47.976474115°ECoordinates: 29°22′36″N 47°58′35″E / 29.3766007°N 47.976474115°E |
| Date | 26 June 2015 12PM (GMT+3) |
| Target | Shia Muslim worshippers |
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Attack type
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Suicide bombing |
| Deaths | 27 |
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Non-fatal injuries
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227 |
| Perpetrators |
 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (claimed responsibility) |
A suicide bombing took place on 26 June 2015 at a Shia mosque in Kuwait. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the attack.Kuwait's Emir arrived at the location of the incident after a short period of time. Twenty-seven people were killed and 227 people were wounded. Twenty-nine suspects were taken to court and after approximately ten sessions, most of them public, 15 were found guilty, with 7 to receive capital punishment (5 in absentia). Those include Adel Eidan, who drove the bomber to the mosque and admitted his intention to bomb the mosque and claimed that he wanted the mosque itself to be bombed, but "not the people", and Mohammed and Majid az-Zahrani (in absentia), who delivered the explosives to the terrorists in Kuwait and were arrested by Saudi authorities.
Three other Islamist attacks took place on the same day in France, Tunisia, and Somalia. The attacks followed an audio message released three days earlier by ISIS senior leader, Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, encouraging militants everywhere to attack the stated enemies of ISIS during the month of Ramadan. No definitive link between the attacks has yet been established. One attack, at a French factory, resulted in the beheading of one person; another, at a Tunisian beach resort, killed 38, most of them British tourists; and the other, an attack on an African Union base undertaken by Al-Shabaab, killed at least 70.
The only prior bombing attacks in Kuwait took place in 1983 and 1985, which caused at least five fatalities - the perpetrators themselves. Sectarian tensions have been generally low in Kuwait. The Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq Mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Kuwait, located in the Sawabir district in Sharg area, which is a part of the Capital Governorate. The mosque is attended mainly by Shia Muslim worshippers.
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