 "Kuwait mosque bombing kills 13; ISIS claims responsibility")
The Islamic State group claimed a suicide bombing that ripped through a Shiite mosque in Kuwait today that medics say killed at least 13 people.
Al Jazeera news network reported that the explosion happened at the Al-Sadeq Shia mosque in Kuwait City.
The IS-affiliated group in Saudi Arabia, calling itself Najd Province, said militant Abu Suleiman al-Muwahhid carried out the attack on the mosque, which it claimed was spreading Shiite teachings among Sunni Muslims.
ISIS, a radical Sunni Muslim group, considers Shiites to be heretics.
Medics said the suicide bombing killed "at least 13 people, while 25 others were hospitalised".
Najd Province claimed similar bombings against Shiite mosques in Saudi Arabia in recent weeks.
Al Jazeera news network reported that the explosion happened at the Al-Sadeq Shia mosque in Kuwait City.
The IS-affiliated group in Saudi Arabia, calling itself Najd Province, said militant Abu Suleiman al-Muwahhid carried out the attack on the mosque, which it claimed was spreading Shiite teachings among Sunni Muslims.
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Medics said the suicide bombing killed "at least 13 people, while 25 others were hospitalised".
Najd Province claimed similar bombings against Shiite mosques in Saudi Arabia in recent weeks.
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