<p>The toll from an Islamic State group bombing that targeted a Shiite mosque in the Kuwaiti capital today has risen to 25 dead, the interior ministry said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>In a statement on the official KUNA news agency, the ministry said that 202 people were wounded in the unprecedented attack.<br /><br />The IS-affiliated group in Saudi Arabia, calling itself Najd Province, said militant Abu Suleiman al-Muwahhid carried out the attack on the mosque, which it claimed was spreading Shiite teachings among Sunni Muslims.<br /><br />The blast hit Al-Imam al-Sadeq mosque in Kuwait City, the interior ministry said in a brief statement without providing details.<br /><br />Kuwait's emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, immediately visited the site, and footage on state-run Kuwait Television showed him visibly moved by the scenes of carnage.<br /><br />The television showed footage of massive destruction caused by the blast, and people posted online horrific pictures of the dead and wounded.<br /><br />The Kuwaiti cabinet went into an emergency meeting to discuss the incident, as the interior ministry raised the level of alert and mobilised all security forces.<br /><br />A number of hospitals in the oil-rich emirate declared states of emergency to deal with the wounded, while the central blood bank appealed for blood donations.<br /><br />Kuwaiti Shiites make up around one-third of the country's native population of 1.3 million people.<br />The interior ministry said it launched a full investigation into the incident.</p>
<p>The toll from an Islamic State group bombing that targeted a Shiite mosque in the Kuwaiti capital today has risen to 25 dead, the interior ministry said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>In a statement on the official KUNA news agency, the ministry said that 202 people were wounded in the unprecedented attack.<br /><br />The IS-affiliated group in Saudi Arabia, calling itself Najd Province, said militant Abu Suleiman al-Muwahhid carried out the attack on the mosque, which it claimed was spreading Shiite teachings among Sunni Muslims.<br /><br />The blast hit Al-Imam al-Sadeq mosque in Kuwait City, the interior ministry said in a brief statement without providing details.<br /><br />Kuwait's emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, immediately visited the site, and footage on state-run Kuwait Television showed him visibly moved by the scenes of carnage.<br /><br />The television showed footage of massive destruction caused by the blast, and people posted online horrific pictures of the dead and wounded.<br /><br />The Kuwaiti cabinet went into an emergency meeting to discuss the incident, as the interior ministry raised the level of alert and mobilised all security forces.<br /><br />A number of hospitals in the oil-rich emirate declared states of emergency to deal with the wounded, while the central blood bank appealed for blood donations.<br /><br />Kuwaiti Shiites make up around one-third of the country's native population of 1.3 million people.<br />The interior ministry said it launched a full investigation into the incident.</p>