Kuwait seeks death penalty for 11 over mosque bombing

KUWAIT CITY,

Kuwait's pubic prosecution has demanded
the death penalty for 11 of 29 suspects charged
over the suicide bombing of a Shiite mosque
last month ,a newspaper reported Wednesday.

Al Qabas citing  informed sources said two
of the suspect are currently fighting  with the
Islamic State jihadist group which claimed
the attack,

The June 26 bombing carried out by a Saudi
was the bloodiest in Kuwait's history and
left 26 people killed and more than 200 wounded

Those charged are seven Kuwaitis five Saudis
three Pakistanis 13 stateless people known
as bidoons and another person at large whose
identity is unknown ,the prosecution said
Tuesday,

Twenty -four suspects are detained in Kuwait
and the other five are to be tired in absentia
including two Saudi brothers who allegedly
transported the explosive and are being held
in Saudi Arabia,

A-Qabas said some of the suspects were
also charged with joining a"terrorist"organisation
fighting against the state,Two of the suspects
have been charged with premeditated and
attempted murder.

Two others were charged with training
in the use of explosive  nine with assisting
in the crime and the rest with knowing of
the attack without informing the authorities,
AFP