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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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More than 10 people killed in attack on Kuwaiti mosque

At least 10 people have been killed on an attack at a Shia mosque in Kuwait, according to the governor of Kuwait City.

A suicide bomber blew himself up in a packed Imam al-Sadeq Mosque during Friday prayers.

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Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack, according to a statement they posted on social media. It claimed it targeted a "temple of the rejectionists" - a term it usually uses to refer to Shia Muslims, whom it regards as heretics.

Kuwaiti parliament member Khalil al-Salih said worshippers were kneeling in prayer when the bomb went off, destroying the walls and ceiling.

"It was obvious from the suicide bomber's body that he was young. He walked into the prayer hall during sujood (kneeling in prayer), he looked ...in his 20s, I saw him with my own eyes," he told Reuters by telephone.

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