KUWAIT clerics who were killed along with 16 people in an attack at a restaurant in Burkina Faso. —Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Pain, grief as Kuwaiti martyrs laid to rest

KUWAIT: Kuwait yesterday, amid sheer sadness, bid final farewell to two prominent citizens and clerics, both victims of a terrorist attack on a restaurant in Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso on Monday. The bodies of Grand Mosque Imam Sheikh Dr Waleed Al-Ali and Sheikh Fahd Al-Husseini were laid to rest, as leading state officials including National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem, Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Mohammad Al-Jabri and Minister of Commerce and Industry as well as Acting Minister of State for Youth Affairs Khaled Al-Roudhan were among the mourners.