7 suspects sentenced to death over Kuwait mosque bombing

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The Kuwaiti Criminal Court has sentenced seven suspects to death over the Imam al-Sadiq Mosque bombing.

The criminal court sentenced eight others to two and 15 years behind bars and acquitted 14 others, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) said.

The Imam al-Sadiq Mosque in Kuwait City was attacked by a Saudi suicide bomber on June 26 during Friday prayers in the holy month of Ramadan which killed at least 26 people and injured more than 200 others.

Kuwait launched a security crackdown on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) after the attack was claimed by the group.