Kuwait Identifies Suicide Bomber in Mosque Attack
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MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2015 RAMADAN 12, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net US Congress Tense Iran nuke Paraguay down delegation talks likely to Brazil in Emsak: 03:06 pays respects miss deadline shootout Fajer: 03:16 Shrooq 04:51 Dohr: 11:51 Asr: 15:25 Maghreb: 18:51 3 7 20 Eshaa: 20:24 Kuwait identifies suicide Min 30º Max 46º bomber in mosque attack High Tide 09:30 & 22:55 Low Tide Bedoon driver who transported the bomber arrested 02:25 & 16:25 40 PAGES NO: 16566 150 FILS KUWAIT: Kuwait yesterday identified the Abdulmohsen Al-Gabbaa, in a statement Ramadan Kareem suicide bomber behind an attack on a carried by the official KUNA news agency. Shiite mosque as a Saudi national, after a It said that he entered the country Ramadan and morality series of arrests in connection with the through Kuwait Airport at dawn on Friday, blast that left 26 dead. the same day of the bombing. It was not By Hatem Basha Mohammed Friday’s attack also wounded 227 wor- immediately known where Gabbaa had shippers in the first bombing of a mosque arrived from, but the timing of his arrival orality occupies a distinctive place in the in the Gulf state, and Kuwait’s security suggests he had a network already in composition of the Muslim character. The Quranic verses and Prophetic sayings that services have vowed to catch and punish place in Kuwait. A handout photograph of M those responsible. The Islamic State Gabbaa showed a young bearded man establish this fact are countless. The holy Quran describes Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) saying (what group’s Saudi affiliate, the so-called Najd wearing a traditional Saudi headdress. means): “And indeed, you are of a great moral char- Province, claimed the bombing and iden- Earlier yesterday, the ministry said that acter.” [Quran, 68:4]. It is noteworthy that the tified the assailant as Abu Suleiman Al- security services arrested the driver of the prophet is praised for his morals not for his worship. Muwahhid. car that transported the bomber to the Al- The prophet was mainly concerned with teaching Kuwait’s interior ministry gave the real Imam Al-Sadiq mosque in Kuwait City. his companions how to possess the best manners name of the attacker as Fahad Suleiman Continued on Page 13 and personal characteristics. The product was the best generation ever to come on earth. His life was a real model for every Muslims and it is quite interest- ing that his companions were keen on capturing every minute detail of his life and narrating it, not just in matters of worship and jurisprudence but mostly in his personal life and daily behavior. Ramadan comes as a cornerstone in building the morality of the Muslim character. This article cannot cover the whole spectrum of morals that fasting implant into a Muslim’s character. Rather, we will focus on one virtue which is patience. It is a virtue KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah offers condo- that is widely referred to in the Quran and its holders lences to families of the victims of Imam Al-Sadiq mosque’s terrorist attack. A are held in high esteem. Patience is the product of a large number of citizens and expatriates flocked to the Grand Mosque Saturday believer’s faith and it is the best demonstration of Fahad Suleiman evening amidst tight security measures to pay respects to the victims’ families. how profound it is. Abdulmohsen Al-Gabbaa Driver Abdulrahman Continued on Page 13 — Amiri Diwan photo (See Page 2) Saudi national Jarrah Nimr Mejbil Ghazi Sabah Eidan Saud Cabinet to study new anti-terror law today MPs press for firm measures against extremism By B Izzak that the National Assembly is scheduled to hold its final sessions of the current term this week before entering KUWAIT: The cabinet will discuss during its weekly into a four-month summer recess. It was not immediate- meeting today proposed security legislation or amend- ly known whether the Assembly will extend the current ments of existing laws in a bid to give the security servic- term to allow more time to prepare, debate and pass the es more freedom to fight extremists following the sui- needed laws. Omair said the government will continue cide attack on the Shiite mosque. with its firm efforts to root out extremists in the country. Oil and National Assembly Affairs Minister Ali Al- Shiite MP Abdulhameed Dashti said the National Omair said the cabinet will study such a legislation today Assembly is prepared to issue the necessary legislation when asked about a government plan to request legisla- to allow the security agencies strike firmly at terrorists. tive support from the National Assembly to fight terror- Deputy speaker Faisal Al-Khrainej said he is prepared to ism. The minister however did not provide details but a support any move in the Assembly to allow the security number of MPs have already said they were prepared to agencies purchase any equipment they need to help pass such legislation if and when needed. them fight terrorists. No timeframe was given for the legislation especially Continued on Page 13 SAINT-PRIEST: French police escort Yassin Salhi (center), a man suspected of decapitating his boss in an attack on a gas factory, as they leave his flat following a search in Saint-Priest yesterday.— AFP French beheading selfie sent to Syria PARIS: The gruesome “selfie” taken by a man who has father-of-three had sent a photo of himself and the sev- confessed to beheading his boss during an attack on a ered head via the WhatsApp messaging service to a gas factory in France was sent to Syria, sources close to number in Canada. But officials warned the Canadian the investigation said yesterday. number might be a relay number and the intended The news emerged as Yassin Salhi, 35, was being recipient could be anywhere in the world. transferred from France’s second city of Lyon to Paris for Hundreds of French citizens have left for Iraq or Syria questioning by specialized anti-terrorist police. Salhi to wage jihad and Prime Minister Manuel Valls said earli- confessed to the grisly crime earlier yesterday and has er Sunday that 1,800 people in France were “linked” in also given “details about the circumstances” surround- some way to the Islamist cause. ing the killing, according to sources close to the investi- gation. He left the police headquarters in Lyon in a van ‘Major terrorist threat’ escorted by nine unmarked cars en route to the capital. After several hours of silence, Salhi began to open up The convoy stopped briefly at Salhi’s house to pick to investigators about the assault, which came six up his passport, where several masked officers bundled months after 17 were killed in Islamist attacks in Paris him into his apartment, covering his face with a white that began with the massacre at the satirical magazine cloth and fitting him with a bulletproof vest. Charlie Hebdo. Investigators discovered Saturday that the married Continued on Page 13 LOCAL MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2015 KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah offers his condolences to the families of the vic- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah arrives at the Grand Mosque to offer condolences to the tims of the Imam Al-Sadiq terrorist attack. — Amiri Diwan photos families of the victims. Thousands flock to express condolences at Grand Mosque State officials united in condemning attacks By Meshaal Al-Enezi Minister Humoud pointed out that it was not Iraqi Ambassador to Kuwait Mohammad a Kuwaiti channel, nor was it licensed in Bahrul-Uloum also expressed his heartfelt KUWAIT: Thousands flocked to the Grand Kuwait, and said, “We will coordinate with condolences and strongly condemned the Mosque Saturday evening to pay tribute and other GCC and Arab states to prevent such terrorist attack that was committed by express condolences to the families of those channels and knock them off the air.” Islamic State (IS) to divide the Kuwaiti killed in the Al-Sadiq Mosque terrorist blast. Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs people. “It will not,” he asserted, and Mourners included many officials, politicians, Yaqoub Al-Sane meanwhile said that this urged the Kuwaiti people to consolidate diplomats, ministers and members of the tragic attack targeted Kuwait and its security, in the face of IS. public. which will never be affected by this incident. At the forefront of attendants at the Also, Chairman of the Supreme Amir orders mosque’s repair Grand Mosque were His Highness the Amir Consultative Committee on the implementa- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, tion of the provisions of sharia law in Kuwait Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has instructed rel- His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Dr Khalid Al-Mathkour remarked that the cul- evant authorities to repair damage inflicted Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Parliament prits targeted blowing the entire Kuwaiti at Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque following the Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem. Also paying society from within by this terrorist attack criminal bombing. Meanwhile, His Highness respects were His Highness Sheikh Nasser and stressed that Kuwaitis would always the Amir affirmed that the cowardly terrorist Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, His remain united. attack would not undermine national unity, Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber On the other hand, Undersecretary of the and perpetrators would be brought to jus- Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Minister of Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Dr Adel tice.