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| Kuwait mosque attack: Seven sentenced to death | Kuwait mosque attack: Seven sentenced to death |
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| Kuwait has sentenced seven people to death over the suicide bombing of a Shia mosque in which at least 27 people were killed. | Kuwait has sentenced seven people to death over the suicide bombing of a Shia mosque in which at least 27 people were killed. |
| More than 220 people were wounded in the 26 June attack, which targeted the Imam Sadiq Mosque in a busy area to the east of Kuwait City. | More than 220 people were wounded in the 26 June attack, which targeted the Imam Sadiq Mosque in a busy area to the east of Kuwait City. |
| Another eight suspects were given terms of between two and 15 years in jail while 14 others were acquitted. | Another eight suspects were given terms of between two and 15 years in jail while 14 others were acquitted. |
| A group affiliated with Islamic State (IS) said it was behind the attack. | A group affiliated with Islamic State (IS) said it was behind the attack. |
| Judge Mohammad al-Duaij read out the ruling before a packed courtroom, saying: "The court draws attention to the dangers of this extremist ideology that resorts to terrorism for its implementation," AFP quoted him as saying. | |
| Mr Duaij called on the authorities to root out jihadi ideology. | |
| Kuwait says the man who carried out the bombing was a Saudi citizen named Fahd Suleiman Abdulmohsen al-Qaba'a. | |
| As well as seven Kuwaitis, those facing trial over the attack included five Saudis, three Pakistanis, 13 members of Kuwait's stateless Bidun group, and one fugitive with unidentified nationality. | |
| The nationalities of those sentenced to death are not clear. | |
| Tunisia and France saw attacks on the same day, although no definite link between them has been established. | Tunisia and France saw attacks on the same day, although no definite link between them has been established. |
| The attacks came in the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, when IS had urged its followers to mount attacks. | The attacks came in the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, when IS had urged its followers to mount attacks. |
| IS regards Shia Muslims as heretics and says it was behind the attack. In May it carried out bombings on consecutive Fridays on Shia mosques in Saudi Arabia. | |
| It has also carried out similar attacks in neighbouring Yemen and Iraq. | |