Kuwait mosque bomb toll rises to 25 dead: ministry

AFP

26/06/2015

15:13 MYT

Kuwait mosque bomb toll rises to 25 dead: ministry

The toll from IS bombing of a mosque in Kuwait has risen to 25 dead, the interior ministry said.

The toll from an Islamic State group bombing that targeted a Shiite mosque in the Kuwaiti capital Friday has risen to 25 dead, the interior ministry said.

In a statement on the official KUNA news agency, the ministry said that 202 people were wounded in the unprecedented attack. Medical sources had given an earlier toll of 13 dead.