Kuwait City and Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia has condemned the “cowardly and criminal” terror attacks which took place on Friday in Kuwait, Tunisia, and France, and called for strong international cooperation to combat terrorism around the world.

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Bin Abdulaziz on Saturday telephoned Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jabir Al-Sabah, Tunisian President Beji Caid El-Sebsi, and French President François Hollande.

“We offer . . . our deepest condolences to your Excellency  . . . the French people, and the families of those killed, and pray for a quick recovery for those who were injured. We hope for coordinated international efforts to combat this dangerous disease [terrorism] so that the international community can be rid of its evil,” King Salman said in a cable addressed to the French president on Friday.

Crown Prince and Interior Minister Mohammed Bin Naif also sent a cable to President Hollande on Saturday offering his condolences and condemning the attack on French soil as “cowardly and criminal.”

The attacks took place roughly at the same time on Friday. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the attacks in Tunisia and Kuwait.

In Tunisia, a gunman targeted a beach resort in the Mediterranean coastal city of Sousse, killing 39 people, mostly British tourists.

A suicide bomber, who has now been identified by Kuwaiti authorities as a Saudi national, killed 27 people in a Shi’ite mosque in Kuwait, injuring 227.

In France 35-year-old Yassin Salhi smashed his vehicle into a US-owned chemicals factory in the town of Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, some 25 miles (40 kilometers) outside the city of Lyon, also killing a 54-year-old local businessman. The man’s head was found hanging from the factory’s gates. The attack has not been claimed by ISIS but Salhi is known to have associated with hardline extremists for years and was previously flagged as a security risk by the French authorities.

On Sunday France’s Prime Minister Manuel Valls said the government was stepping up law enforcement and intelligence measures to monitor and combat the threat of further attacks.

In Tunisia, Interior Minister Najem Gharsalli said on Saturday authorities would now be deploying 1,000 armed police officers to protect tourist sites across the country. He said the government plans within a week to close around 80 mosques currently outside government control and linked with incitement to violence.

Meanwhile, in Kuwait the bodies of those killed in the attack on the Imam Al-Sadeq mosque were laid to rest. The government has held emergency meetings to follow up on investigations into the threat and the Interior Ministry said the owner of the vehicle used to take the suicide bomber to the mosque has now been arrested.