(MENAFN- Arab Times) On the third floor of the Amiri hospital, Ahmed Ali Abdulsalam, one of the 227 people hospitalized in the aftermath of the ISIS bombing Friday that killed 27 people, on admission for treatment to an injury on the left wrist told Arab Times that after a few minutes into the prayers, a gentleman entered through the back door and he heard Allah Akbar twice then an explosion followed. "I checked for my brothers, cousins and I saw many dead bodies around me, after that fire and police personnel came and took us to the hospital. Insha Allah I am fine now and waiting to be discharged later today".
Asked whether he would pray in a congregation after discharge, Abdulsalam said the terrorists cannot deter them from Friday prayers or any other congregational prayers for that matter. "If that's their aim, they are far from achieving that unless of course Friday doesn't come, which is impossible. I feel proud to be Kuwaiti".
In a related case on the same floor 11-year-old Ahmed Al-Qattan had a ball bearing removed from his left knee, proof that the terrorist's suicide vest was made of ball-bearings and other explosive materials designed to wreak maximum damage to people standing within a certain perimeter of him. Dr. Lamis Al- Bustani, mother of Ahmed, said her son will be discharged today, and all thanks to the Amir and the government who have shown leadership right from the minute the bomb exploded. The Avenues is doing business as usual despite it being mentioned as a prospective target of terrorism by ISIS following the Shia mosque bombing on Friday afternoon that killed at least 27 people. Despite the fasting, the place was moderately full even at a time when most people were generally home resting. Kuwait's Amir, the government, Parliament and political groups and clerics have said the attack was aimed at stirring sectarian strife in the emirate. Sunni religious and political groups were quick to condemn the attack carried out by the Islamic State, a radical Sunni group which considers Shiites to be heretics. Shiites form a third of Kuwait's 1.3 million native population.
The interior ministry has said an unspecified number of suspects were held for questioning in connection with the attack that shook the small Gulf state. The Cabinet announced after an emergency meeting Friday that all security agencies and police had been placed on alert to confront what it called "black terror". The IS-affiliated group in Saudi Arabia, calling itself Najd Province, said militant Abu Suleiman Al-Muwahhid bombed the mosque, which it claimed was spreading Shiite teachings among Sunni Muslims. The Amir, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, who visited the site immediately after the bombing, said that the "criminal attack is a desperate and evil attempt targeting Kuwait's national unity".
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