[3] The first bombing took place at the Al Sharq, a seaside café, as families gathered on the eve of a Muslim holy day, and the second explosion occurred in the densely populated Salmiyeh district.
Authorities closed the Kuwait International Airport to outgoing flights in response "as a precaution.
"[4] Several motives were considered for the attacks in the press, notably including foreign policy linked to Iran and Syria.
[5] The cafés were also targeted as "wounds in the heart of Islam" by the terrorists for allowing men and women to eat together.
[6] In January 1987, two men were sentenced to death for the attacks, a third to life imprisonment, and a fourth to a three-year prison term.