Improvised Explosive Devices
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26 AprWhat we know about the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka so far…
Five days after the series of coordinated bombings across Sri Lanka, the death toll has been revised to 253, with more than 500 injured.
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24 AprEaster Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka kill over 320
On Sunday, April 21st 2019, a series of coordinated suicide bombings targeting churches and hotels across Sri Lanka left 321 dead and 500 injured.
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9 Apr3 killed in suicide attack in Nigeria
On Saturday, April 6th 2019, a twin suicide attack in Maiduguri, Nigeria, left three dead and 45 injured. The dead include one civilian and two members of the Civilian Joint Task Force militia.
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29 MarDrone strikes in Pakistan followed by increase in suicide attacks, AOAV study finds
Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) collaborated with Professor Mike Spagat and Luqman Saeed of Royal Holloway University to investigate the relationship between drone strikes and suicide attacks in Pakistan.
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8 MarMortar attack on Shia gathering kills 11 in Afghanistan’s capital
On March 7th 2019, mortars were fired on a political gathering in Kabul, Afghanistan, in an attack that left 11 dead and 95 wounded.
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29 JanTwin bomb attacks in the Philippines kill at least 20 and leave over 100 injured
On Sunday, January 27th 2019, twin bomb blasts targeted a Roman Catholic cathedral in Jolo, in the Philippines' Sulu province. The attack left at least 20 dead and injured 110.
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15 JanKabul car bomb leaves five dead and over 110 injured
On January 14th 2019, a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, near the Green Village compound. The blast left at least five dead and over 110 injured.
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27 NovISIS attack in Pakistan’s Orakzai kills 33
On November 23rd 2018, a suicide blast targeted a local market in Kalaya area of lower Orakzai district, killing 33 and injuring 56.
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15 OctSuicide terrorism in the Sri Lankan civil war (1983 – 2009)
A brief overview of the LTTE's use of suicide bombings during the bloody civil war that plagued Sri Lanka for decades.
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3 OctSuicide bomber kills 14 at election rally in Afghanistan
Yesterday, October 2nd 2018, a suicide attack on an election rally in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province left at least 14 killed and wounded 42.
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13 SepSuicide car bomb leaves 48 casualties in Iraq
On September 12th 2018, a suicide car bomber detonated outside a restaurant near Beiji city, in Iraq’s Salahuddin governorate. The blast left six dead and 42 injured.
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12 SepSuicide bomb attack targeting protestors in Afghanistan leaves 68 dead
On September 11th 2018 a suicide bomber targeted a protest on a key highway in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province. The attack left at least 68 killed and 165 injured.