Blast hits Kuwait Shiite mosque causing casualties

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

The blast hit Al-Imam al-Sadeq mosque in Kuwait City, the sources told AFP, 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.