suicide bombing

'Attacker' killed in 'suicide' bombing in Indonesia's regional police HQ

A suspected suicide bombing outside police headquarters in Indonesia's city of Medan in North Sumatra killed the perpetrator and wounded some officers on Wednesday, police say.
13 November 2019, 04:15 AM

Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers kill 13 in Nigeria: officials

Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers have killed at least 13 other people in an attack on a market in the northeast Nigerian town of Biu in Borno state, officials say.
2 December 2017, 14:17 PM

Suicide car bomber kills 11 in Pakistan's Quetta: Police

A suicide car bomber kills at least 11 people, including four police officers, in an attack near a checkpoint in the volatile southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, officials say.
23 June 2017, 06:14 AM

IS claims Pakistan hospital attack

Islamic State claims responsibility for a suicide bombing in Pakistan that killed at least 70 people and wounded more than a hundred on Monday in an attack on mourners gathered at a hospital in Quetta, the group's Amaq news agency reported.
9 August 2016, 04:55 AM

Istanbul shopping area hit by suicide bomber

A suicide bomb attack at a busy shopping area in the Turkish city of Istanbul has killed at least four people, officials say.
19 March 2016, 09:38 AM

56 killed in Nigeria camp bombings

At least 56 people are killed in a double suicide bombing at a camp sheltering people displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency in north-east Nigeria.
11 February 2016, 06:07 AM

Pakistan suicide bombing 'kills 10' in Peshawar

At least 10 people have been killed by a suicide bomber riding a motorbike close to a police checkpoint in north-western Pakistan, police say.
19 January 2016, 08:28 AM

French air strikes bomb Islamic State in Syria as police hunt for attacker they let go

France launches "massive" air strikes on the Islamic State group's de-facto capital in Syria, destroying a jihadi training camp and a munitions dump in the city of Raqqa, where Iraqi intelligence officials say the attacks on Paris were planned.
16 November 2015, 03:22 AM

Seven to die over Kuwait mosque attack

Kuwait sentences seven people to death over the suicide bombing of a Shia mosque in which at least 27 people were killed.
15 September 2015, 08:25 AM

Suicide attack at Kabul airport kills 5

A Taliban suicide bomber has attacked a checkpoint near the entrance to the international airport in the Afghan capital Kabul, killing five people.
10 August 2015, 11:06 AM

Suicide attack in Saudi mosque kills 13

A suicide bomb attack on a mosque in Saudi Arabia kills 13 people.
6 August 2015, 11:55 AM

Afghan police targeted in deadly suicide attack

Six people, including three policemen, have been killed in a suicide bombing in eastern Afghanistan.
6 August 2015, 11:25 AM

‘IS bombings’ kill 120 in Iraq on Eid day

A car bomb kills 120 people and injures at least 130 at a busy market in an Iraqi town, officials have said.
18 July 2015, 03:41 AM

Nigeria's Boko Haram crisis: Zaria bomb attack 'kills 20'

20 people die in a bomb attack in north-western Nigeria's Zaria city, state governor Nasir El-Rufa'i says.
7 July 2015, 10:59 AM

30 killed in Nigeria by girl suicide bombers

Two girls blew themselves up near a crowded mosque in northeast Nigeria's biggest city, killing about 30 people, witnesses said.
23 June 2015, 07:00 AM

Suicide bomber kills 21 at Saudi Shia mosque, Islamic State claims attack

A suicide bomber kills 21 worshipers during Friday prayers in a packed Shia mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia in an attack claimed by the Islamic State militant group.
22 May 2015, 11:35 AM

Afghanistan suicide bomb blast kills 16

16 people have been killed in a suicide bombing in the eastern Afghan city of Khost,
2 April 2015, 15:41 PM