KUWAIT, June 26 (Reuters) - Twenty-five people were killed in the suicide bombing that targeted a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Kuwait, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by state news agency KUNA.
The ministry also said that 202 people were wounded in the attack, which targeted the packed mosque during Friday prayers.
Kuwaiti security forces gather outside the Shiite Al-Imam al-Sadeq mosque after it was targeted by a suicide bombing during Friday prayers on June 26, 2015, in Kuwait City. (ASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP/Getty Images)
Kuwaiti emergency personnel pull stretchers past security forces outside the Shiite Al-Imam al-Sadeq mosque after it was targeted by a suicide bombing during Friday prayers on June 26, 2015, in Kuwait City. (YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP/Getty Images)
A Muslim cleric gestures as security forces and emergency personnel gather outside the Shiite Al-Imam al-Sadeq mosque after it was targeted by a suicide bombing during Friday prayers on June 26, 2015, in Kuwait City. (YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP/Getty Images)
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