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Oran Almog lost five members of his family and his sight to a suicide bomb.
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Zeena Saifi, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
On May 22, 2017, minutes after Grande’s live performance concluded at the UK’s Manchester Arena, a terrorist detonated a suicide bomb in the arena’s foyer.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
Six members of the Somali militant group al-Shabaab targeted the restaurant at the Beach View Hotel using a suicide bomb, according to SONNA.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 3 Aug. 2024
The statement said police discovered two suicide vests, remote control devices for detonating explosives, grenades, thousands of pieces of shrapnel to use in suicide bomb vests and wires and explosive devices that, officials said, suggest the attackers were planning other attacks.
—Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2024
Security officials examine the site of a suicide bomb attack targeting a procession marking the birthday of Islam's Prophet Mohammed in Mastung district.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
Authorities said Kandic assisted Jake Bilardi, an 18-year-old Australian citizen who died in a suicide bomb attack west of Baghdad in March 2015.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 14 July 2023
In the final days of the evacuation, an ISIS-K terrorist detonated a suicide bomb outside the gates surrounding the Kabul airport where the flights out of the country were taking place.
—Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2023
And in January, at least 100 people – mostly police officials – died after a suicide bomb ripped through a mosque in the northwestern city of Peshawar, marking one of the deadliest attacks in the country in years.
—Sophia Saifi, CNN, 6 Mar. 2023
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Zeena Saifi, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
On May 22, 2017, minutes after Grande’s live performance concluded at the UK’s Manchester Arena, a terrorist detonated a suicide bomb in the arena’s foyer.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
Six members of the Somali militant group al-Shabaab targeted the restaurant at the Beach View Hotel using a suicide bomb, according to SONNA.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 3 Aug. 2024
The statement said police discovered two suicide vests, remote control devices for detonating explosives, grenades, thousands of pieces of shrapnel to use in suicide bomb vests and wires and explosive devices that, officials said, suggest the attackers were planning other attacks.
—Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2024
Security officials examine the site of a suicide bomb attack targeting a procession marking the birthday of Islam's Prophet Mohammed in Mastung district.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
Authorities said Kandic assisted Jake Bilardi, an 18-year-old Australian citizen who died in a suicide bomb attack west of Baghdad in March 2015.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 14 July 2023
In the final days of the evacuation, an ISIS-K terrorist detonated a suicide bomb outside the gates surrounding the Kabul airport where the flights out of the country were taking place.
—Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2023
And in January, at least 100 people – mostly police officials – died after a suicide bomb ripped through a mosque in the northwestern city of Peshawar, marking one of the deadliest attacks in the country in years.
—Sophia Saifi, CNN, 6 Mar. 2023
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“Suicide bomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suicide%20bomb. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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