Kuwaiti court frees 11 out of 29 suspects in deadly attack on Shia mosque

A Kuwaiti court trying 29 suspects in a deadly bomb attack

 

A Kuwaiti court trying 29 suspects in a deadly bomb attack on a Shia mosque freed 11 defendants, while the main accused said he had been told worshippers would not be harmed.

A travel ban, however, remains in place on the freed defendants, including two women. Of the 29 initial suspects, five have gone on trial in absentia.

The court set August 10 for the next hearing in the trial over the June 26 bombing in which 26 people were martyred and wounded hundreds of others.

On Tuesday, Saud told the court he was a member of the so-called Islamic State terror group that claimed responsibility for the attack, the worst in the history of the oil-rich Gulf state.