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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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Funerals of Kuwait mosque attack victims draw thousands

Thousands of people have taken part in a mass funeral procession for those killed in a suicide bomb attack on a Kuwaiti mosque that killed 27 people.

Mourners from as far as eastern Saudi Arabia and Bahrain attended the funerals for those who died in the country's first terror attack in more than two decades.

Women ululated to praise those who had been killed during prayer and in the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, now in its second week, claiming they died as martyrs. They threw rose petals at the bodies, which were shrouded in the Kuwaiti flag.

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