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Explosion hits Shia mosque in Kuwait Kuwait Shia mosque 'hit by suicide blast'
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An explosion has hit a Shia mosque in the Kuwaiti capital, with casualties reported. A suicide bomber has targeted a Shia mosque around the time of Friday prayers in the Kuwaiti capital, security officials and witnesses say.
The blast hit the Imam Sadiq Mosque, in a busy district to the east of the city. Reports say it happened around the time of Friday prayers. The scale of the attack is not yet known, though a number of fatalities has been reported.
The number of casualties is not yet known. The blast hit the Imam Sadiq Mosque in al-Sawaber - a busy area to the east of Kuwait City.
Attacks of this kind are extremely rare in Kuwait. No group has yet said it was behind the blast.Attacks of this kind are extremely rare in Kuwait. No group has yet said it was behind the blast.
A security official and witnesses said a suicide bomber had carried out the attack.
According to Qatari Al-Jazeera TV, at least eight people were killed. Kuwaiti newspaper al-Jarida said another eight people were wounded.
A Kuwaiti MP, who saw the attack, said the mosque was packed with some 2,000 people when there was a loud explosion, Reuters news agency reported.
Footage posted online said to be from the scene of the attack showed men, some in blood-splattered clothing, walking around a smoke-filled room with rubble on the floor.
Al-Jazeera also reported that the Kuwaiti emir was heading to the scene of the blast.