The Tamil Tigers are infamous for their advancement in tactics such as suicide bombing, use of
hidden suicide belts and ironically water based attacks.
On Friday a man in a police uniform entered a tightly secured police headquarters in Kandahar City, waited until the police chief appeared, then detonated his
hidden suicide bomb, killing the chief and two other officers.
Self-injurious behavior (cutting or burning) or impulsive suicide attempts (planned for <3 hours, committed in the presence others, or where discovery is very probable) appear to carry less severity or intent to die than do carefully planned and/or
hidden suicide attempts.
The concept of
hidden suicide illustrates the complexities of suicide by cop.