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unusual facts about suicide bombing



2008 Charsadda bombing

In the Charsadda bombing of 9 February 2008, a suicide bomber killed at least 27 people and another 50 were injured in Charsadda, Pakistan attending a political rally for the opposition Awami National Party.

Insurgency weapons and tactics

During the Sri Lankan Civil War, which raged on and off from 1983 to 2009, between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), The LTTE pioneered the use of suicide bombing and perfected it with the use of male/female suicide bombers both on and off battlefield; use of explosive-filled boats for suicide attacks on military shipping; use of light aircraft filled with explosives for targeting military installations.

Inversion in postcolonial theory

Actions such as Palestinian suicide bombing, the 9/11 attacks, land reform in Zimbabwe, the writings and actions of Valerie Solanas and SCUM, and what are treated by the state as racially-motivated crimes against white people, would be examples of cases where the term would be used.

Nahariya Railway Station

On September 9, 2001 the Nahariya Railway Station was the scene of a suicide bombing.

Robert C. Ames

He rose to become the CIA's chief analyst for the area and was killed in the suicide bombing of the US Embassy in Beirut, 18 April 1983.

To Die in Jerusalem

To Die in Jerusalem is a 2007 HBO documentary film about the effects of a March 29, 2002, Jerusalem suicide bombing on the families of the 17 year-old Israeli victim Rachel Levy and the 18 year-old Palestinian female suicide bomber, Ayat al-Akhras.

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow

Sadono initiates a suicide bombing and follow up attack on the U.S. Embassy in Dili, capturing a number of U.S. military and diplomatic personnel including Douglas Shetland, an old friend and comrade of Fisher.


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2007 Shinwar shooting

On 12 April 2007, an initial US inquiry determined that the Marines used "excessive force when they killed civilians after a suicide bombing", and was referred to the Naval Criminal Investigative Service for a criminal inquiry.

Alisa Flatow

Alisa Flatow (October 5, 1974 – April 10, 1995) was an American Jewish student who was killed in the Islamic Jihad suicide bombing known as the Kfar Darom bus attack in 1995.

Aranthalawa Massacre

a suicide bombing of a Buddhist temple in Batticaloa during celebrations of the Vesak holiday, killing 23 people including many children.

David Gurevich

David Gurevich was the producer of the film "Empty Rooms" (directed by the outstanding Dutch director Willy Lindwer) about the Dolphinarium massacre on June 1, 2002, where twenty-one people died in the suicide bombing committed by Islamic Jihad outside Dolphinarium, a Tel Aviv disco.

Egyptian Islamic Jihad

It is "likely that the notion of suicide bombing" was inspired by Hezbollah as al-Zawahiri had been to Iran to raise money, and had sent his underling Ali Mohamed, "among others, to Lebanon to train with Hezbollah".

Fedayeen al-Islam

The group also claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that targeted a Shia mosque in Chakwal, Punjab province.

Force Protection Condition

In a 2003 episode of the political drama The West Wing, "Red Haven's on Fire", President Bartlett orders military bases in Africa to go to THREATCON Charlie after a suicide bombing.

Hadera bus station suicide bombing

The Hadera bus station suicide bombing was a 1994 Hamas suicide attack on a passenger bus departing from the central bus station in Hadera for Tel Aviv, Israel.

January 2010 Bajaur bombing

January 2010 Bajaur bombing was a suicide bombing in Khar town in Bajaur in Pakistan on January 30, 2010.

Mohammed Masoom Stanekzai

He was seriously injured in the suicide bombing that killed High Peace Council Chairman Berhanuddin Rabbani on September 20, 2011, but recovered from his injuries.