Tens of thousands of people headed by the emir offered condolences late Saturday to relatives of victims at Kuwait's Grand Mosque, the largest place of worship for Sunni Muslims, in a show of solidarity.The cabinet announced after an emergency meeting on Friday that all security agencies and police had been put on alert to confront what it called "black terror".Justice and Islamic Affairs Minister Yacoub al-Sane said additional security measures will be taken around mosques and places of worship.The emir, government, parliamentary and political groups and clerics have all said Friday's attack aimed to stir up sectarian strife in the emirate.The radical Sunni IS considers Shiites, which comprise a third of Kuwait's 1.3 million native population, to be heretics. In May, IS claimed responsibility for two similar bloody attacks against Shiite mosques in Saudi Arabia.Friday's suicide bombing coincided with an attack claimed by IS on a tourist beach resort in Tunisia that killed 38 people.
Source: Albawaba
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