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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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Suspect in Kuwaiti mosque attack detained

Authorities have detained the driver of the vehicle that took a suicide bomber to a Shia mosque in Kuwait city.

Police cordon off the Imam Sadiq Mosque Credit: REUTERS/Jassim Mohammed

Twenty seven people were killed in the attack, according to the governor of Kuwait City, when the bomber blew himself up in the packed Imam al-Sadeq Mosque during Friday prayers.

The interior ministry said the driver of the Japanese-made car, who left the mosque immediately after Friday's bombing, was an illegal resident called Abdul-Rahman Sabah Aidan, KUNA reported.

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