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Crowds surround the Imam Sadiq Mosque after a bomb explosion following Friday prayers, in the Al Sawaber area of Kuwait City on June 26, 2015. Reuters/Jassim Mohammed

KUWAIT (Reuters) - A Kuwaiti court on Tuesday sentenced seven suspects to death over a suicide bombing at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in June that killed 27 people, state news agency KUNA reported.

The agency said the Kuwait criminal court also gave eight other suspects prison sentences ranging from two to 15 years. The court acquitted 14 other defendants.

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