Tag: suicide
Suicide bombers kill at least 27 in Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers killed at least 27 people and wounded 83 in north-east Nigeria on Tuesday.
A woman bomber blew herself...
Mogadishu suicide bomber kills soldier
A suicide bomber blew himself up in front of a mosque in the centre of Mogadishu killing a soldier, police said in...
Cameroon suicide bomber kills at least seven
A suicide bomber killed at least seven people in a small town in northern Cameroon near the Nigeria border, a local official...
Suicide bomber claims eight victims in Maiduguri
A female suicide bomber killed eight people and wounded 18 at a mosque in north-eastern Nigeria, an area regularly attacked by Boko...
Egyptian soldiers killed in Sinai suicide bombing
Ten Egyptian soldiers including a colonel were killed in a suicide bomb attack on an army checkpoint in northern Sinai, security sources...
Suicide bombers kill two in Niger attack
Bombers killed two people and wounded 11 others at a UN-managed camp in Niger housing people who have fled Boko Haram violence...
Nigeria suicide bombers must be held accountable – Guterres
Condemning violent attacks in Maiduguri, in Nigeria's restive Borno state, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres underscored the world body's resolve to support...
Nine dead in Maiduguri suicide bombings
Suicide bombers killed nine people and wounded 13 others in multiple blasts in north-east Nigeria's Maiduguri, police said, the latest attack in...
Children strapped with explosives kill nine in Cameroon
Two children carrying explosives blew themselves up near a camp in northern Cameroon housing civilians displaced by Nigeria's Boko Haram militants, killing...
Cameroon suicide bombing
A double suicide bombing at a camp housing civilians displaced by Boko Haram Islamist insurgents killed at least four people and wounded...
Suicide bomber kills five in Puntland
A suicide bomber killed five people, including a policeman, and injured 12 others at a police checkpoint in Somalia's northern Puntland region,...
Manchester concert suicide attack prompts worldwide security rethink
Countries from the United States to Japan and Singapore are considering tightening security ahead of major theatre and sports events following a...
Suicide bombers strike in Borno
Three female suicide bombers killed two people and injured six others in an attack on a village in Nigeria's Borno state, a...
Suicide bomb attack foiled in Algeria
Algerian armed forces foiled an attempted suicide bomb attack in Constantine, with one attacker killed and a second arrested, a security source...
Surge in child suicide bombings in Boko Haram conflict
The use of children as suicide bombers by Boko Haram insurgents has surged in 2017, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said.
In...
Two bombers die in Nigeria suicide attack
Two female suicide bombers detonated explosives on the boundary of a university campus in north-east Nigeria, blowing themselves up but causing no...
Suicide bombers kill two in Nigeria’s Maiduguri
Four female teenage suicide bombers killed two people and injured 16 others in a residential area in the north-east Nigerian city of...
Suicide bombers kill 15 in north-east Nigeria
Four suicide bombers killed 15 people in a crowded market in the town of Madagali in Nigeria's north-eastern Adamawa state on Friday,...
Nigerian schoolgirl suicide bombers kill 30
Two schoolgirl suicide bombers killed 30 people and wounded dozens more in a co-ordinated attack on a crowded market in the north-eastern...
Suicide bombers kill three in Maiduguri
Two girl suicide bombers killed at least three people and wounded 17 at a market in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri...