Bahrain to step up security in mosques after Kuwait deadly attack
Xinhua, June 28, 2015 Adjust font size:
Bahrain announced on Sunday that security measures will be beefed up in mosques across the country following a spate of mosque bombings in neighboring Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
Interior Minister Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa on Sunday met with two top clerics from the Sunni and Shiite Endowments to discuss their plans following the recent attacks against places of worship.
The meeting discussed the installation of CCTVs and the closure of mosques after each prayer, a statement by the Bahraini Interior Ministry said.
The minister vowed to protect the places of worship and citizens, it added.
He warned that legal procedures will be taken against anyone who endangers national unity through extremist religious speech.
Twenty-seven people were killed in Friday's suicide bombing at Kuwait's Imam Al Sadiq Mosque. The Islamic State (IS) militant group claimed responsibility for the attack.
The terror group was responsible for a similar attack in which a suicide bomber disguised as a woman blew himself up outside Al Anoud Mosque in the Saudi city of Dammam, killing himself and three others.
A suicide bombing also occurred at a Shiite mosque in the Saudi city of Qatif city on May 22, leaving 21 people dead. Endit