Back تفجير مسجد الإمام الصادق 2015 Arabic Moskebombningen i Kuwait 2015 Danish Anschlag auf die Imam-Dschaʿfar-as-Sādiq-Moschee in Kuwait German Atentado de Kuwait de 2015 Spanish بمب‌گذاری ۲۰۱۵ مسجد کویت Persian Kuwaitin vuoden 2015 moskeijaisku Finnish Attentat de la mosquée Imam Al-Sadek de Koweït French Pengeboman masjid Kuwait 2015 ID Attentato di Al Kuwait del 2015 Italian 2015年クウェート市モスク自爆テロ Japanese

2015 Kuwait mosque bombing

Kuwait mosque bombing
Part of 2015 Ramadan attacks and Spillover of the Syrian Civil War
Locational-Imam as-Sadiq Mosque
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Coordinates29°22′36″N 47°58′35″E / 29.3766007°N 47.976474115°E / 29.3766007; 47.976474115
Date26 June 2015
12PM (GMT+3)
TargetShia Muslims
Attack type
Suicide bombing
Deaths27[1]
Injured227
Perpetrators Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[2]
MotiveAnti-Shia sentiment
Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq Mosque is located in Kuwait
Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq Mosque
Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq Mosque
Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq Mosque (Kuwait)

A suicide bombing took place on 26 June 2015 at a Shia mosque in Kuwait. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the attack.[2] Sabah al-Sabah, the Emir at the time, arrived at the location of the incident after a short period of time.[4] Twenty-seven people were killed and 227 people were wounded.

Twenty-nine suspects were taken to court and after approximately ten sessions, most of them public, 15 were found guilty, with 7 to receive capital punishment (5 in absentia). Those include Adel Eidan, who drove the bomber to the mosque and admitted his intention to bomb the mosque and claimed that he wanted the mosque itself to be bombed, but "not the people", and Mohammed and Majid az-Zahrani (in absentia), who delivered the explosives to the terrorists in Kuwait and were arrested by Saudi authorities.

Three other Islamist attacks took place on the same day in France, Tunisia, and Somalia. The attacks followed an audio message released three days earlier by ISIS senior leader, Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, encouraging militants everywhere to attack the stated enemies of ISIS during the month of Ramadan. No definitive link between the attacks has yet been established. One attack, at a French factory, resulted in the beheading of one person; another, at a Tunisian beach resort, killed 38, most of them British tourists; and the other, an attack on an African Union base undertaken by al-Shabaab, killed at least 70.[5]

  1. ^ Matthew Diebel (26 June 2015). "At least 27 dead in ISIL-claimed Kuwait attack". USA Today. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b Michael Pearson (26 June 2015). "ISIS claims responsibility for Kuwait mosque attack". CNN. Archived from the original on 22 May 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference moi.gov.kw was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ H.H The Emir arrives the incident's location Archived 26 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine – Arabic Kuwaiti al-Watan newspaper – 26 June 2015
  5. ^ Hubbard, Ben (26 June 2015). "Terrorist Attacks in France, Tunisia and Kuwait Kill Dozens". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2017.

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