Tag: suicide bomber
Somali suicide bomber kills well-known Somali journalist
An al Shabaab suicide bomber in the Somali capital killed himself and a well-known Somali journalist on Saturday, al Shabaab and the journalist's family...
Suicide bomber wounds French troops in central Mali
A suicide bomber in a car attacked a French reconnaissance mission in central Mali on Monday, wounding six of the soldiers and four residents,...
Suicide bomber kills six in Mogadishu ice-cream parlour
A suicide bomber blew himself up in an ice-cream parlour in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday, killing six people and wounding eight, an...
At least six dead after suicide bomber attacks restaurant in Somali...
Six people died on Tuesday in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a restaurant near a police academy, a...
Suicide bomber hits Algerian barracks
A suicide bomber attacked a military barracks in southern Algeria, killing a soldier, the defence ministry said.
A ministry statement said the bombing took...
Boko Haram turns to women, children as suicide bombers
As Boko Haram saw its territorial gains recede in the face of military operations, the Islamic insurgent group began to turn to...
Two girl suicide bombers attack north Cameroon town
Two young female suicide bombers attacked a town in Cameroon's Far North region early on Thursday, authorities said, the fourth strike near...
Suicide bombers kill two in northeast Nigeria’s Maiduguri
Suicide bombers in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the heart of a seven-year-old insurgency by Islamist militant group Boko Haram, killed...
Suicide bomber kills at least nine at mosque in northeast Nigeria’s...
A suicide bomber killed at least nine people and injured around 12 others on Friday in an attack on a mosque in...
Suicide bomber strikes while hugging official in Somalia’s Puntland
An Islamist militant suicide bomber put his arms around a local official as if in a hug and blew both of them...
Suspected suicide bomber not one of Nigeria’s missing Chibok girls
A suspected suicide bomber intercepted in northern Cameroon last week before she could blow herself up is not one of 219 schoolgirls...
Suicide bombing kills five, wounds 36 in central Istanbul
A suicide bomber killed himself and four others in a central Istanbul shopping and tourism district on Saturday, wounding at least 36...
Suicide bomber kills three in Somali capital
A suicide bomber attacked a popular restaurant in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, on Saturday, killing himself and at least three others, Somali...
Bombers attack Maiduguri while vice president visits
Two suicide bombers blew themselves up near a hospital in Maiduguri in north-east Nigeria on Wednesday, shortly after Vice President Yemi Osinbajo...
Suicide bomber attacks tourist site in Luxor, four Egyptians wounded
A suicide bomber blew himself up in the parking lot of Karnak temple in the southern Egyptian city of Luxor on Wednesday,...
Female suicide bomber in Nigeria’s Maiduguri kills two near checkpoint
A female suicide bomber has killed two people and injured three others at a checkpoint in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri,...
Bombs kill two, wound dozens in Egypt’s North Sinai
A suicide bomber killed a civilian and wounded 30 policemen when he tried to ram a water tanker into a police barracks...
Suicide bomber kills 45 at volleyball match in Afghanistan
A suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest in a crowd of spectators at a volleyball match in Afghanistan on Sunday, killing 45...
Suicide attack in Nigerian market kills at least 12
A female suicide bomber blew herself up on Sunday, killing at least a dozen people in a cellphone market in Azare, a...
Female bombers target Nigeria trade show, petrol station, three dead
Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up at a trade show and a petrol station in northern Nigeria's biggest city of Kano...
French soldier killed in Mali suicide bombing
A French soldier was killed in a suicide bombing in northern Mali, where local and foreign troops have struggled to restore order...
Suicide bomber kills security officer, wounds 19 in Beirut
A suicide bomber blew up his car in Beirut on Monday night near an army checkpoint, killing a security officer and wounding...
Female suicide bomber hits Nigerian barracks: witness
A female suicide bomber killed herself and a soldier outside an army barracks in Nigeria's north-eastern city of Gombe on Sunday, the...
Suicide bomber kills 19 in Baghdad Shi’ite mosque
A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a Shi'ite mosque in central Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 19 people, security and...
Suicide car bomb kills 5 in bar district of north Nigeria’s...
A suicide car bomber killed five people on a street of popular bars and restaurants in the northern Nigerian city of Kano...
Car bomb kills three soldiers in attack on Lebanese army checkpoint
A suicide bomber killed himself and three soldiers when he detonated a car bomb at a Lebanese army checkpoint in the border...
Suicide bomber kills four in Cairo, two more blasts follow
A suicide car bomber blew himself up in the parking lot of a top security compound in central Cairo on Friday, killing...
Suicide bombing kills four in Hezbollah area of south Beirut
A suicide bomber killed four people on Tuesday in a residential district of southern Beirut known for its support of the powerful...
Suicide bomber kills 23 Iraqi army recruits
A suicide bomber killed 23 Iraqi army recruits and wounded 36 in Baghdad on Thursday in an attack on men volunteering to...
Suicide bombers kill 36 Shi’ite pilgrims in Iraq
Suicide bombings in Iraq killed at least 36 people on Thursday in attacks targeting Shi'ite pilgrims ahead of a major holy day...
Two peacekeepers killed as suicide bomb hits bank in northern Mali
A suicide bomber killed two Senegalese U.N. peacekeepers and destroyed the only operating bank in the northern Malian town of Kidal on...
Suicide bombers kill 14 in attacks on army bases near Baghdad
Suicide bombers killed 14 members of Iraq's security services and wounded 37 in attacks on army bases north of Baghdad on Tuesday,...
Suicide bomber attacks Iraqi Shi’ite pilgrims, killing 35
A suicide bomber blew himself up during a Shi'ite Muslim religious ritual in the eastern Iraqi city of al-Sadiya on Thursday, killing...
Suicide bomber dies in Tunisian tourist resort
A suicide bomber blew himself up in the Tunisian tourist resort of Sousse on Wednesday, the first such assault since 2002 in...
Suicide bomber kills 31 in Syria’s Hama: state media
A suicide bomber driving a truck packed with 1.5 metric tons of explosives killed at least 31 people and wounded dozens in...
Suicide bomber kills 16 in Somali cafe attack aimed at foreign...
A suicide bomber killed at least 16 people on Saturday in an attack on a cafe in a Somali town close to...
Five Yemeni soldiers killed in suicide attack on military base
A suicide bomber killed at least five Yemeni soldiers on Friday in a suspected Islamist militant attack on a military base in...
Suicide truck bomber kills 15 in northern Iraq
A suicide bomber driving a truck packed with explosives blew himself up in a village in northern Iraq, killing at least 15...
Suicide bomber hits Somali capital, dozens killed in south
A suicide bomber struck the Somali capital the latest in a wave of deadly attacks in Mogadishu, and dozens of Islamist rebels...
Afghan suicide attack kills seven near mosque
At least seven civilians were killed and 15 others injured when a suicide bomber detonated explosives near a mosque in Baghlan province...
Suicide bombers, attacks hit Baghdad police, 28 dead
Suicide bombers and roadside blasts targeted police across Baghdad killing at least 28 people and wounding dozens on the second day of...
Suicide bomber attacks church in Indonesia
A suspected suicide bomber attacked a church on Indonesia's Java island killing himself and injuring 17 people, police said.
"Only the suspected suicide...
Bombers kill 4 at government centre in Iraq’s Anbar
Suicide bombers hit a government complex in the capital of Iraq's mainly Sunni Muslim Anbar province, killing four people and wounding at...
Afghan peace council head killed in Kabul
A Taliban suicide bomber killed Burhanuddin Rabbani, former Afghan president and head of the government's peace council, a dramatic show of insurgent...
Truck bomb kills 4 Afghans, wounds 77 US troops
A suicide bomber driving a truck of firewood attacked a NATO base in central Afghanistan, killing four civilians and injuring 77 US...
Suicide bomber kills 4 soldiers in Yemen’s south
A suicide bomber detonated his car at a checkpoint on Saturday, killing four soldiers in southern Yemen, where the army is fighting...
Afghan president sends would-be child suicide bombers home
Afghan President Hamid Karzai ordered yesterday that eight would-be child suicide bombers, groomed by the Taliban but rescued by authorities, be sent...
Bombs, attacks hit Iraqi cities, at least 60 dead
Suicide attackers and car bombs hit cities across Iraq killing at least 60 people in apparently coordinated assaults authorities blamed on al...
African Union troops say they foiled Somalia suicide blast
Two suicide bombers attacked African Union peacekeeping soldiers in Somalia yesterday, killing two of them in a gunfight, but were themselves shot...
The Khost attack and the Intelligence War challenge
As Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi exited the vehicle that brought him onto Forward Operating Base (FOB) Chapman in Khost, Afghanistan, on Dec. 30,...
