Tag: Suicide bombings
Families lay to rest loved ones after deadly Baghdad blast
BAGHDAD — Families laid to rest loved ones Tuesday who were killed in a deadly bombing that claimed at least 30 lives just hours...
Extremist attack in Somalia’s capital kills at least 9
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A large explosion in Somalia’s capital killed at least nine people and injured eight others, a health official said Saturday.
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Inquiry slams security faults before Manchester Arena attack
LONDON — A public inquiry into a mass attack at a 2017 Ariana Grade concert in northwest England concluded Thursday that “serious shortcomings” by...
IS-linked group says Boko Haram leader in Nigeria is dead
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — The leader of Nigerian extremist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has killed himself, according to a jihadi organization linked to the...
Iran cleric who founded Hezbollah, survived book bomb, dies
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour, a Shiite cleric who as Iran's ambassador to Syria helped found the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah...
At least 6 killed in suicide bombing in Somalia’s capital
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Police in Somalia say at least six people were killed when a suicide bomber attacked a police station in the capital,...
At least 7 killed in suicide bombing in Somalia’s capital
MOGADISHU, Somalia — At least seven people were killed and more than 11 others wounded when a vehicle exploded outside a police headquarters in...
Suicide bombing in Afghan capital as peace meeting delayed
KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bombing in the Afghan capital injured four people, the government said, hours before Turkey announced the delay of a...
Explosions in two Somalia cities kill at least 5
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A suicide bomber detonated his explosives outside a cafe in Somalia's city of Baidoa on Saturday, killing at least four people...
Extremist kills self, her baby in Tunisia suicide bombing
TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisian authorities said a female suicide bomber killed herself and her baby during counterterrorism operations in a mountainous zone in struggling...