# Suicide Bombing

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# Palestine

Gaza on 'state of alert' after three policemen killed by reported ISIS bombers

The police officers died at checkpoints last night.

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Aug 28th 2019, 7:16 AM

# Iraq

At least 26 killed in Baghdad twin suicide blast

This has been the second attack on the capital in three days.

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Jan 15th 2018, 7:30 AM

# Terrorism

Indonesian women seeking to become IS suicide bombers

A report has pointed out the growing sophistication of social media allows more women to read jihadist propaganda.

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Feb 4th 2017, 7:40 AM

# isis

A suicide bombing in Yemen has killed at least 30 soldiers

The camp where the explosion took place also a suicide bombing on 10 December which killed at least 45 people.

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Dec 18th 2016, 7:55 AM

# Turkey

Child as young as 12 carried out suicide bombing at wedding which killed 51

94 people were injured in the blast which occurred as the wedding was drawing to a close on Saturday evening.

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Aug 22nd 2016, 7:17 AM

# comptoir voltaire

French TV channel broadcasts gruesome video of apparent Paris café suicide bombing

The shocking video, which appears to show Brahim Abdeslam blowing himself up, has caused controversy in France.

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Apr 26th 2016, 8:41 PM

# Pakistan

61 killed in suicide bombing at mosque

Thousands protested in anger after the attack.

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Jan 31st 2015, 10:28 AM

# Afghanistan

Suicide bomber on motorcycle kills 50 at volleyball game

WARNING: This article contains a graphic image of those killed in the blast.

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Nov 23rd 2014, 4:32 PM

# Al-Tahrir square

Two suicide bombs kill nearly 70 people in Yemen

At least 47 people were killed in Sanaa, while 20 soldiers are dead after a separate bombing.

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Oct 9th 2014, 8:58 PM

# Nigeria

10-year-old girl 'strapped with explosives' arrested in Nigeria

Meanwhile, Nigerian authorities say a suicide bomber killed six people in Kano city today.

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Jul 30th 2014, 6:06 PM

# Suicide Bombing

IMF and UN staff among dead in Kabul restaurant attack

A suicide bomber detonated his vest at the entrance to the Lebanese restaurant as two other militants opened fire on customers.

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Jan 18th 2014, 12:34 PM

# Lebanon

Deadly suicide blasts rock Iranian embassy in Beirut

The attack killed 22 people and left more than a hundred wounded.

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Nov 19th 2013, 9:55 PM

# Iraq

Suicide bombers target Iraqi primary school in day of multiple attacks

Ten children were killed in the school attack with suicide bombers also targeting pilgrims at a Shrine as over thirty people died across the country.

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Oct 6th 2013, 7:25 PM

# Iraq

Iraqi MP and six others killed in suicide bomb attack

The death of Ayfan Saadun al-Essawi comes just two days after the country’s finance minister escaped an apparent assassination attempt.

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Jan 15th 2013, 2:14 PM

# Syria

Car bombs rip through Damascus killing 34

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for today’s suicide bombings.

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Nov 28th 2012, 5:30 PM

# Yemen

Yemen: 42 killed in suicide bombing

Al-Qaeda has been blamed for the attack, which struck Jaar yesterday.

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Aug 5th 2012, 9:41 AM

# Iraq

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.

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Jul 23rd 2012, 10:22 AM

# Syria

Bashar Assad’s brother-in-law killed in Damascus suicide bombing

A suicide bombing targeted the national security headquarters in central Damascus with Syrian state TV reporting that Defence Minister General Daoud Rajha was also killed.

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Jul 18th 2012, 1:10 PM

# Afghanistan

Four French soldiers killed in Afghanistan

President Francois Hollande confirmed the nationality of the deceased in a statement this morning.

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Jun 9th 2012, 1:51 PM

# Yemen

Suicide bombing kills nearly 100 soldiers in Yemen

The bombing, believed to be a failed assassination attempt against the Minister of Defence, killed 96 soldiers at a military parade rehearsal.

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May 21st 2012, 4:41 PM

# Pakistan

Suicide bombing in Pakistani market kills 20

A teenager detonated a bomb near a Pakistani market close to the Afghan border Friday, killing 20 people.

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May 4th 2012, 9:09 PM

# Syria

Syria: Government vows to respond with 'iron fist' to terrorist threats

The announcement comes following the deaths of 26 people in an apparent suicide bombing in a Damascus neighbourhood that has witnessed anti-regime protests.

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Jan 7th 2012, 6:57 PM

# Afghanistan

Over 50 killed in suicide bomb attack on Afghan shrine

Worshippers had gathered at the shrine to celebrate the Shiite Muslim holiday of Ashoura when the first of today’s two Afghan explosions struck.

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Dec 6th 2011, 2:04 PM

# Pakistan

Pakistan mosque hit by suicide bombing that kills 40

Some 300 people had gathered for Friday prayers and many were on their way out when the explosion occurred.

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Aug 19th 2011, 3:07 PM

# Afghanistan

Watch: Suicide bombings target British Council compound in Kabul

The blasts occurred in the early hours of Afghan Independence Day, marking Afghanistan’s full independence from Britain in 1919.

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Aug 19th 2011, 8:35 AM

# Afghanistan

Four dead in suicide bombing at Karzai brother's memorial service

Afghan president was away in Kabul when attack was launched on Kandahar mosque. UN figures show number of Afghan civilians killed this year is up on figures for last year.

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Jul 14th 2011, 11:30 AM

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May 13th 2011, 8:34 AM

# Morocco

Suspected suicide bombing in Morocco leaves 15 dead as nationalities identified

Police are investigating what caused the explosion in a cafe in the popular tourist destination of Marrakesh as Interpol claims it was a suspected suicide bombing.

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Apr 29th 2011, 12:46 PM

Good Morning

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Mar 9th 2011, 8:07 AM

# Russia

Russia's most wanted terrorist suspected of Domodedovo bombing

Investigators believe Domodedovo airport suicide bomber appears in video released recently by Chechen militant Doku Umarov, who warns of “blood and tears”.

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Feb 6th 2011, 9:54 AM