27 killed in suicide attack on Kuwait mosque; Islamic State affiliated group claims responsibility.
Twenty-seven people have been killed in a suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim mosque in Kuwait City, the health ministry says.
Health minister Ali al-Obaidi told the state-run Kuwait Television an additional 222 people had been wounded. Kuwait City's governor Thabet al-Muhanna said eight were in a critical condition.
The attack came on a day of bloodshed worldwide, with at least 37 gunned down at a beach resort in Tunisia and a suspected Islamist launching an assault on a gas factory in eastern France.
A witness said the Kuwait City bombing happened when the Al-Imam al-Sadeq mosque was packed with some 2,000 worshippers during Friday prayers.
A group affiliated with Islamic State (IS), calling itself Najd Province, has claimed responsibility for the deadly attack, according to a statement posted on social media.
The statement 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.
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