2015 Kuwait mosque bombing

When

25 Jun 2015 – 26 Jun 2015

Kind

Event

Coordinates

29.38° N, 47.98° E

Description

Kuwait mosque bombing: A suicide bomber attacks the Shia Mosque Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq at Kuwait City, Kuwait, killing 27 people and injuring 227 others.

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Bombing at a Shia mosque in Kuwait on 26 June 2015

The 2015 Kuwait mosque bombing was a suicide bombing took place on 26 June 2015 at a Shia mosque in Kuwait City, Kuwait. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the attack. Sabah al-Sabah, the Emir at the time, arrived at the location of the incident after a short period of time. Twenty-seven people were killed and 227 people were wounded.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In Kuwait zündet ein Selbstmordattentäter einen Sprengsatz in einer Moschee”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “تفجير مسجد الإمام الصادق 2015 الشيعي من قبل تنظيم الدولة الإسلامية (داعش) في الكويت، يودي بمصرع 27 شخص وإصابة 277 شخص آخر”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “クウェートのテロ攻撃については「2015年クウェート市モスク自爆テロ」も参照。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page