Terror Attack Aftermath (Photos)
A look at the siege of an American-owned gas factory struck by two men claiming ties to ISIS.
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Kuwaiti emergency personnel pull a man on a gurney past security forces outside the Shiite Al-Imam al-Sadeq mosque after it was targeted by a suicide bombing during Friday prayers on June 26, 2015, in Kuwait City. The Islamic State group-affiliated group in Saudi Arabia, calling itself Najd Province, said militant Abu Suleiman al-Muwahhid carried out the attack on the mosque, which it said was spreading Shiite teachings among Sunni Muslims.
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Kuwaiti Information Minister Sheikh Salman al-Humoud al-Sabah (C) consoles worshippers outside the Imam Sadiq Mosque after a suicide bomb attack following Friday prayers, in the Al Sawaber area of Kuwait City June 26, 2015. Four people were killed in the suicide attack on Friday on the Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Kuwait City, the governor of Kuwait City Thabet al-Muhanna said.
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Crowds surround the Al-Imam al-Sadeq mosque after a bomb explosion following Friday prayers, in the Al Sawaber area of Kuwait City June 26, 2015. Four people were killed in the suicide attack on Friday on the Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Kuwait City, the governor of Kuwait City, Thabet al-Muhanna, said.
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France again is reeling from a gruesome terror attack, as two men, reportedly claiming ties to ISIS, attacked an American-owned gas factory. According to news reports, the assailants rammed their car into the industrial site, causing an explosion and leaving behind a head covered in Arabic writing at the entrance to the facility. Here, a look at scenes from another day of France confronting terrorism.
At left, a French special-forces policeman at the site of a raid on a residential building in Saint-Priest, near Lyon, on Friday afternoon. The suspect arrested for a French Islamist attack did not have a criminal record but had been under watch for being possibly radicalized, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Friday.
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A general view of the Air Products industrial-gases factory site in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, near Lyon, France.
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Investigating police officers work outside the plant where an attack took place, Friday, June 26, 2015 in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, southeast of Lyon, France. French authorities say one person has been beheaded in an attack and explosion at a gas factory in the southeastern part of the country. Officials say banners with Arabic writing were found near the body. Authorities have opened a terrorism investigation.
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French police escort a woman from a residential building during a raid in Saint-Priest, near Lyon.
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French officers walk the woman to a police car after the raid.
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French special-police forces stand guard after the raid.
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