Spotlight: Three IS related terrorist attacks kill more than 60 in one day

Terrorists following a call to violence by the Islamic State (IS) militant group staged three high-profile bloddy terrorist attacks in different parts of the world in just one single day on Friday, killing and woulding dozens of innocent people.

The bloodiest of the attacks in the day took place in the Tunisian resort of Sousse when an armed young man, disguised as a tourist, pulled a Kalashnikov from a beach umbrella and sprayed gunfire at a group of sunbathers, mostly Europeans, killing 38 people.

It was the worst attack in Tunisia's modern history and the second most serious massacre so far this year following the IS militant assault on Tunis Bardo museum when gunmen killed 21 foreigners in March.

Almost at the same time, 25 people were killed and at least 202 others were wounded in a suicide bomb strike on a Shiite Muslim mosque in Kuwait. The IS has claimed responsibility for the attack.

It was the first suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque in Kuwait and worst militant attack in the country for many years. However, it was not the first time for the IS group to plot such attacks against mosques. It has also claimed responsibility for bombings at two different Shiite mosques in neighboring Saudi Arabia in recent weeks.

On March 20, IS suicide bombers attacked two mosques in Yemen's capital Sanaa and Houthi headquarters in the northern Saada province, killing at least 137 people, in the most deadliest attacks in Yemen for decades.

In France, which has experienced a slew of terror attacks in January this year which started with a deadly assault on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, a victim was decapitated in a U.S.-owned factory, with a flag of Islamic State aside.

So far, the terrorist group has claimed responsibility for both the Tunisia and Kuwait attacks, and has called on followers to step up assaults during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan.

There was no evidence that the three attacks were deliberately coordinated. But coming so close together on a same day in three countries on three different continents, they underscored the far-reaching, fast-growing influence of the Islamic State, Western analysts said.

Other analysts said that the Ramadan month is full of religious atmosphere which may cause paranoid religious extremists to conduct risk actions. Religious extremists usually pick days carefully to add legitimacy to their attacks. June 26 was the first Friday of this year's fasting month.

Actually, the extremist group has revived since last month, though the U.S.-led coalition of some 60 countries has been carrying out airstrikes against it in Iraq since August 2014, and has expanded the air campaign to Syria in September 2014.

Friday's attacks highlighted the spread of the Islamic State beyond the borders of Iraq and Syria, which have become a safe heaven for the terrorist group, the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce said.

"This threat demands better regional cooperation and more targeted air strikes against the IS," he said. Endi