CITY Anthony Duclair Blackhawks Jersey , June 26 (Xinhua) -- At least seven people were killed or wounded on Friday in a suicide bomb strike on a Shiite Muslim mosque, while the Islamic State (IS) militant group claimed responsibility for the attack, according to media reports.
According to the official Kuwait News Agency, a blast rocked the Imam Sadiq Mosque Marian Hossa Blackhawks Jersey , located in the busy neighborhood of al-Sawabir of the capital city.
The report also confirmed that there were a number of casualties and injuries, yet did not give exact figures.
At the explosion scene, local police has cordoned off the mosque and the surrounding area, while ambulances were seen ferrying the wounded.
The IS group has claimed the deadly attack in a statement posted on the Internet Gustav Forsling Blackhawks Jersey , saying that the suicide bomber's name was Abu Suleiman al-Muwahed, and the target was a "temple of the rejectionists," which refers to Shiite Muslims by the extremist militants.
If proven to be true, then it is not the first time for the IS group to plot and carry out such attacks against mosques. It has claimed responsibility for bombings at two different Shiite mosques in neighboring Saudi Arabia in recent weeks.
On March 20 John Hayden Blackhawks Jersey , IS suicide bombers also attacked two mosques in Yemen's capital Sanaa and Houthi headquarters in the northern Saada province, killing at least 137 people, the most deadliest attacks in Yemen for decades.
Causalities are expected to grow as Friday's midday prayers have always been the most attended of the week, while the number of people joining the prayers would increase during Muslims' holy month of Ramadan that started on June 18.
GAZA Brandon Saad Blackhawks Jersey , Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Dozens of Palestinians, including family members and relatives of prisoners held in Israeli prisons, intercepted Wednesday the convoy of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in northern Gaza.
Guterres and his convoy of UN vehicles entered Gaza through the Erez border crossing between the northern tip of the blockaded coastal enclave and Israel, witnesses said.
When the convoy passed a Hamas-controlled checkpoint Artem Anisimov Blackhawks Jersey , relatives of Palestinian prisoners intercepted it and demonstrated before the convoy continued heading to the Gaza city.
The banners they held read: "Where are the rights of our prisoners. The rights of our prisoners are violated on daily basis."
The demonstrators also called on Guterres "to intervene and put pressure on the Israeli occupation to stop its violations and crimes against" the Palestinians in Israeli prisons.
They also condemned what they termed the silence of the UN toward what is happening in the Gaza Strip for more than ten years.