Tag: suicide bomber

Female Suicide Bomber Kills 3 Chinese Teachers and Pakistani at Karachi University

KARACHI—A female suicide bomber killed three Chinese teachers in Pakistan on Tuesday, police and officials said. The blast detonated by the 30-year-old woman blew up a minivan outside Karachi University’s Confucius Institute, a Chinese language and cultural center, killing her, the three Chinese teachers and a Pakistani driver. Broken window glasses after a blast near…


Somali Suicide Bomber Kills Well-Known Somali Journalist

MOGADISHU—An al-Shabaab suicide bomber in the Somali capital killed himself and a well-known Somali journalist on Saturday, al-Shabaab and the journalist’s family told Reuters. Abdiaziz Mohamud Guled, commonly known as Abdiaziz Afrika, worked with the government-owned Radio Mogadishu and covered al-Shabaab extensively. “My cousin Abdiaziz was killed by a suicide bomber immediately after he went…


Afghan Mother Grateful After Reunion With Infant Son Injured in Kabul Explosion

A 19-year-old Afghan mother has spoken of her joy after being reunited with her child in the UK after they were separated in the Kabul airport explosion. Mohammed Raza, who turned two in September, needed life-saving surgeries after he was injured when a suicide bomber struck the Hamid Karzai International Airport on Aug. 26. According to The…


Taliban: US Airstrike Hits Suicide Bomber Targeting Airport

KABUL, Afghanistan—The Taliban said that a U.S. airstrike targeted a suicide bomber in a vehicle Sunday who wanted to attack the Kabul international airport amid the American military’s evacuation there. There were few initial details about the incident, as well as a rocket that struck a neighborhood just northwest of the airport, killing a child….


Manchester Arena Bomber Should Have Been Identified as Threat, Inquiry Finds

Manchester Arena suicide bomber Salman Abedi should have been identified as a threat on the night of the attack by those in charge of security, a public inquiry into the May 2017 attack has found. In his 196-page report examining security arrangements at the venue where 22 people were murdered and hundreds were injured at…