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- DictionarySu·i·cide bomb·ing
noun
- 1. a bomb attack carried out by a person, especially a terrorist, who intends or expects to kill themselves as well as other people: "34 people were killed last month in two suicide bombings in the city"
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Apr 29, 2024 · Suicide bombing, an act in which an individual personally delivers explosives and detonates them to inflict the greatest possible damage, killing himself or herself in the process. Virtually all suicide bombings are linked to political causes or grievances.
- James Kiras
A suicide attack is a deliberate attack in which the perpetrators knowingly sacrifice their own lives as part of the attack. These attacks are often associated with terrorism or military conflicts and are considered a form of murder–suicide. Suicide attacks involving explosives are commonly referred to as suicide bombings.
May 2, 2018 · He argues that “when resolution entails certain sacrifice of life, scientifically this is suicide.” 11 With this, Durkheim defines suicide as “all cases of death resulting directly or indirectly from a positive or negative act of the victim himself, which he knows will produce this result.”.
- Veronica Ward
- 2018
Feb 28, 2005 · Suicide terrorism is used not only to destroy a specific target, but, more broadly, with the intention of creating an atmosphere of terror. The terrorists are motivated by the belief that the collective public anxiety generated by suicide bombings will translate into political gains for their organizations.
Sep 8, 2011 · AAP. Ten years ago, nineteen young Muslims commandeered passenger jets and killed themselves, taking with them 2973 people to the inferno of fire. Since the 9/11 attacks, suicide bombings have...
May 22, 2018 · Suicide bombings of three churches last week in Indonesia by a couple, Dita Oepriarto and Puji Kuswanti, who involved their children were the result of a long process of radicalisation. A ...
Nov 19, 2007 · Different groups of suicide bombers employ different tactics, including differences in the weight of the device and method of its delivery. The greatest threat presented from suicide bombing is vehicle-borne suicide attacks, due to the weight of the devices that can be used.
