Suicide Bombing

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A bomb attack on people or property, delivered by a person who knows the explosion will cause his/her own death

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Around 08:20 am local time a suicide bombing in Kabul in PD9, Shashdarak area killed one and wounded six others," Afghan's TOLO News reports, citing, Ministry of Interior spokesman Najib Danish, as saying.

Bomb explosion hits Kabul

The directive declared as un-Islamic acts that include suicide bombings, sectarianism, and calls for jihad in the name of religion without the consent of the state.

Afghanistan backtracks from anti-suicide attacks 'fatwa' despite Pak's action

Earlier in the week, around 14 suspects were questioned over the planned suicide bombing near the palace in Jakarta, as well as a suspected terrorist threat that was reportedly planned on Java island, Aljazeera reported.

Three Militants Planning Reported Terror Attack Killed By Indonesian Police

But Baghdad analysts say the group has long staged indiscriminate suicide bombings and see these attacks as a continuation of that tactic.

Islamic State claims central Baghdad bombing

Another suicide bombing in Suruc killed 32 youth activists in July.

Turkey arrests nine alleged Daesh members planning suicide bombing

The suicide bombing targeted the security cordon of the protest, a source in the protest's organizing committee said.

Suicide bombings kill 66 people in Sana'a and Hadramout

Kano, Shawwal 1, 1435, Jul 28, 2014, SPA -- A woman blew herself up at a petrol station in northern Nigeria on Monday, killing three people in one of three suicide bombings by females in Kano in two days, police said.

Female Suicide Bomber Kills 3 in Nigeria

When it comes to suicide bombings against civilians, Tunisians are vehemently against, with 90% saying this tactic should never be used.

Poll: 25% of Palestinians Support Al-Qaeda

The US government claims the suicide bombing of the Cole, and the planned suicide bombing of another military ship in Dubai, point to a pattern of plotting against several US military ships.

US court told of Al Qaeda terror plot to hit US ship in Dubai's Port Rashid

A terrorist group in Lebanon has issued a rare apology for a twin suicide bombing in Beirut that killed eight Lebanese but failed to kill any of the Iranians it was supposedly targeting.

Terror group apologizes for not killing Iranians

This is the first study of its kind in the world that studies the use of suicide bombing in Syria as a modus operandi," Dr Reuven Erlich, the head of the center said.

Report: aACAySuicide TerrorismaACAO in Syria Threatening Western States

A suicide bombing at a beach resort late last year - the first such attack in a decade - underscored Tunisia's vulnerability to jihadi violence.