Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Two of the three Saudi brothers arrested in connection with the bombing of a Kuwaiti mosque were born in Kuwait and had links to a fourth sibling present in Syria as a member of Daesh (the so-called IS), according to a security spokesman of the Ministry of Interior. The three brothers were “parties to the crime of the sinful terrorist bombing that targeted Imam Al-Sadeq Mosque in Kuwait,” the Saudi Press Agency quoted the security spokesman as saying. One was arrested in Kuwait and was extradited to the Kingdom, another was arrested in the western Saudi city of Taif and a third was taken into custody after a shootout at a house in the Khafji area near the Kuwaiti border. As a result of the shooting, two security personnel were injured and rushed to hospital, the spokesman said. Two of the suspects, Majed and Muhammad Al-Zahrani, drove across the border into Kuwait on Thursday afternoon carrying the explosives for the attack in an ice cooler, Kuwait's Interior Ministry said in a statement. They left after passing the materials to Abdul-Rahman Sabah Aidan, an illegal resident in Kuwait who reportedly drove the bomber to the mosque and is now in custody, the ministry said. Investigators found the explosives were of the same type used in two suicide bombings on May 22 and May 29 at Shiite mosques in the Eastern Province in Saudi Arabia, according to the ministry. The Daesh terrorist group claimed the June 26 suicide bombing at the mosque in Kuwait City carried out by a Saudi national which 26 worshipers were killed. The bombing was Kuwait's deadliest militant attack, and the most lethal in any of the six Gulf states since a campaign of Al-Qaeda bombings was stamped out in Saudi Arabia a decade ago. Kuwait has said more than 40 people there could face charges in connection with the blast. According to Al-Rai newspaper, an Arabic language daily in Kuwait, there are many Saudis among 10 suspects referred to the prosecution by the Kuwaiti authorities. The Daesh-affiliated Saudi group calling itself Najd Province, which claimed the Kuwait bombing, also said it carried out two suicide attacks at mosques in the Eastern Province in May. On Friday a Saudi policeman was shot dead during a raid in Taif, where officers said they found Daesh flags. Three suspects were arrested. A fourth escaped but was later killed in a gun battle with law enforcement officers, the Saudi Interior Ministry said.
