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Dublin: 9 °C Thursday 23 May, 2013

Bombing

# bombing - Monday 20 May, 2013

Bombings kill 13 at Iraq Shiite mosques

Two deadly bombings at places of worship in Baghdad today mark the latest in a string of attacks targeting both Sunni and Shiite areas.

# bombing - Saturday 18 May, 2013

USA

Taoiseach to lay wreath at bombing memorial during Boston trip

Kenny will also be presented with an honorary doctorate from Boston College while on his US trip.

# bombing - Thursday 2 May, 2013

Three charged with Boston bombing cover-up

The three teenagers – two Kazakhs and an American – appear to have been hastily trying to keep him out of trouble rather than taking part in an organised conspiracy.

# bombing - Monday 22 April, 2013

Update: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev charged in hospital bed, faces death penalty

His first hearing in US federal court has been scheduled for Thursday, 30 May.

# bombing - Sunday 21 April, 2013

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Video shows how police found Boston bombing suspect

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev remains in a serious condition in a Boston hospital, under armed guard.

# bombing - Saturday 20 April, 2013

The 9 at 9: Saturday

Good morning! Here are the nine things you need to know as you kick off your Saturday.

# bombing - Thursday 18 April, 2013

Obama tells Boston bombers: ‘We will find you’

No claim of responsibility and no arrests have been made in connection with the twin bombings, though investigators are focused on two suspects.

# bombing - Thursday 10 January, 2013

Bomb placed under security vehicle kills 11 in Pakistan

Paramilitary personnel were targeted in the attack, which killed 11 people and injured a further 27.

# bombing - Sunday 30 December, 2012

Calls for Justice Minister to release Belturbet bombing files

A Freedom of Information request submitted by RTÉ’s This Week programme was refused earlier this year.

# bombing - Tuesday 4 December, 2012

Neo-Nazi office near Athens bombed

A bomb exploded outside an office of the Greek neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn, which has been blamed for recent violent attacks on migrants.

# bombing - Sunday 2 December, 2012

Fifteen killed in Syria car bombing

Straight after the attack, hundreds of people began to protest against President Bashar al-Assad, according to activists, as some blamed the regime for the attack.

# bombing - Wednesday 29 August, 2012

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Video: WWII bomb detonated in Munich by disposal experts

Explosion damaged nearby properties, but none are in danger of collapse, according to local media reports.

# bombing - Saturday 18 August, 2012

‘Breivik sympathiser’ arrested in Czech Republic

Local media reports that the 29-year-old man was arrested for building up a stash of weapons and explosives.

# bombing - Tuesday 31 July, 2012

Update: US Embassy in Oslo evacuated after discovery of suspicious object

A bomb squad attended the scene after the suspicious package was found under a vehicle. However it’s thought that the object is not dangerous.

# bombing - Monday 23 July, 2012

Bombings and shootings kill 82 in Iraq

The attacks in Baghdad and towns close to the capital came a day after the leader of Al Qaeda in the country said that it was returning to areas from which it had retreated before US soldiers left last year.

# bombing - Sunday 1 July, 2012

Grenade and gun attacks on Kenyan churches kill 10

Two churches were targeted in what officials believe were attacks mounted by Somali militants.

# bombing - Tuesday 5 June, 2012

Verdict of Norway’s Breivik trial expected later this summer

Court says verdict won’t be out for at least a month after the hearings end in late June.

# bombing - Sunday 20 May, 2012

Lockerbie bomber dies in Libya: report

The only person convicted of the PanAm bombing which killed 270 people has reportedly died today.

# bombing - Saturday 19 May, 2012

Student killed in bomb attack outside Italian school

Several students were injured in this morning’s attack.

# bombing - Tuesday 15 May, 2012

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VIDEO: Bomb strikes UN observer vehicle after attack on funeral

Activists say up to 20 people were killed when Syrian security forces opened fire on a funeral procession.

Man seriously injured in self-immolation outside Breivik trial

Norwegian police say they do not believe the man had any connection with the terror trial.

# bombing - Monday 14 May, 2012

Survivors of Breivik gun attack describe shootings

Victims of the Utoya island attack describe their efforts to escape from the gunman.

# bombing - Wednesday 9 May, 2012

‘Underwear bomber’ was a double agent

The spy had been working with the Saudi intelligence agency in Yemen and handed the bomb to authorities instead of sneaking it onto a plane.

# bombing - Tuesday 24 April, 2012

Breivik blames ‘racist’ plot for questions over sanity

Confessed killer of 77 people in July 2011 told court he would do what he could to avoid going to an asylum.

# bombing - Friday 20 April, 2012

Breivik to give more evidence on details, motives of attacks

Throughout the first week of his trial, the Norwegian has spoken at ease about the killing of 77 people last July.

# bombing - Thursday 19 April, 2012

Breivik planned to decapitate former Norwegian prime minister

Defendant says he cut social contact for a whole year in preparation for the double attacks of July 2011.

# bombing - Sunday 18 March, 2012

Belarus executes men convicted of subway bombing

The EU’s foreign policy chief has voiced concerns over the trial of the men convicted for the April 2011 bomb which killed 15 people in Minsk.

# bombing - Thursday 16 February, 2012

Underwear bomber sentenced to life in prison

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab pleaded guilty to attempting to blow up a US flight on Christmas Day 2009 using a bomb concealed in his underwear.

# bombing - Monday 13 February, 2012

Israeli diplomat’s car bombed in India

The explosion took place in New Delhi today, with one person reported injured.

# bombing - Monday 30 January, 2012

56 attacks a week in Iraq last year: report

Security firm says Iraqi security forces likely to remain under threat into 2012 after US troop withdrawal.

# bombing - Friday 27 January, 2012

Dozens killed in bombing at Baghdad hospital

A car bomb exploded as a funeral procession passed near the hospital, killing 28 people and injuring at least 60 others.

# bombing - Sunday 22 January, 2012

Insurgents kill 180 in attacks that rocked Nigerian city

Islamists from the Boko Haram group mounted a deadly series of bomb attacks and shooting sprees across Kano.

# bombing - Tuesday 10 January, 2012

Taliban opposition group targeted in deadly bombing

A bomb exploded in the Kyber region of Pakistan today, killing 25 and injuring dozens.

# bombing - Thursday 5 January, 2012

Rose Dugdale This post contains videos

English heiress turned IRA bomber Rose Dugdale gives rare interview

Dugdale became radicalised in 1970s and joined IRA, carrying out botched bombing and Russborough House art heist.

# bombing - Friday 18 November, 2011

Norway killer Breivik planned to ‘kill politicians’

Leaked police interrogations with Anders Behring Breivik reveal that he planned to kidnap three politicians and film their executions.

# bombing - Wednesday 19 October, 2011

Turkey launches Iraq incursion after fatal border attacks – report

Twenty-six soldiers were killed in border attacks today, just a day after five policemen and three civilians were killed in a roadside bombing.

# bombing - Thursday 13 October, 2011

The 9 at 9: Thursday

Nine things to know this morning…

Bomb explodes outside Derry City of Culture office

Police cleared the area before the device detonated at around 11pm last night.

# bombing - Monday 26 September, 2011

UK

Six charged with terrorist offences in Britain

Some of the men are accused of planning a bombing campaign in the UK and of stating their intention to act as suicide bombers.

# bombing - Thursday 15 September, 2011

Six arrested after ‘Real IRA’ bomb attempt on police doctor

It is believed to be the first time a PSNI medical officer has been targeted by sectarian terror groups in the North.

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