Suicide blast hits Kuwait Shi’ite mosque

A suicide bomber blew himself up at a Kuwaiti Shi’ite Muslim mosque in Kuwait city during Friday prayers, wounding at least eight people, Kuwaiti newspaper al-Jarida said on social media. The newspaper said the attack targeted Imam al- Sadeq Mosque in the Sawaber district. “Eight casualties have been taken to the Emiri hospital, two in critical condition,” al-Jarida said on its Twitter feed, without giving a source. Arab television stations al-Arabiya and Al Jazeera earlier reported that an explosion hit the mosque and caused several casualties.