The attack, claimed by Islamic State (IS) and carried out by a Saudi national on 26 June, targeted a Shia mosque, leaving at least 27 dead and more than 200 injured.
The ruling Sunni Al-Sabah family led the way in making it clear that national unity far outweighed religious differences.
The victims of the attack were declared martyrs of the nation. The country’s Emir, Sheikh Sabah Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, was among the first to visit the bombed mosque, while tens of thousands of Kuwaitis took to social media to express national unity and adherents of both sects joined together in communal prayers to reject sectarianism.
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