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Isis kill 27 in suicide bomb attack on Shia mosque in Kuwait

Twenty seven people have died after a suicide bomber blew himself up in a packed mosque in Kuwait City.

Isis has claimed responsibility for the attack, which took place at the Imam al-Sadeq Mosque during Friday prayers.

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Kuwaiti prime minister: 'Attack threatens national unity'

The prime minister of Kuwait, Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, has said that the suicide bombing that killed at least 10 people at Friday prayers today is an attempt to threaten national unity.

"This incident targets our internal front, our national unity," Sheikh Jaber told Reuters after visiting the wounded at the Emiri hospital. "But this is too difficult for them and we are much stronger than that."

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