Kuwait mosque blast: Two Indians among victims - The Hindu
Updated: June 28, 2015 16:17 IST
Two Indians were among the 26 people killed in the Islamic State
suicide attack at a Shia mosque in Kuwait City, according to the Indian Embassy, which asked Indian nationals to take precautions for their safety and security in Kuwait.
“The Embassy regrets to inform about the death of two Indian nationals in the bomb blast at Imam Sadiq Mosque in Kuwait on June 26,” the Indian mission said in a statement.
Both the victims — Rizwan Husain (31) and Ibne Abbas (25) — were taking part in the prayers when they died, it said.
While Husain, a resident of Walipur village in Sultanpur district of U.P., was working as a watchman in the Mosque, Abbas from Jalalpur in Ambedkar Nagar of U.P. was employed as driver.
Their bodies would be buried in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf as per their family’s wishes, sources said.
Indian Ambassador to Kuwait Sunil Jain visited the injured Indians who were admitted at the Amiri Hospital.
“The conditions of all the injured Indians are stable and some of the injured have been discharged from hospital after first aid,” an embassy official told PTI.