Suicide bombings in Iraq
A Double Suicide Bomb Attack in Tunisia, a Police Officer Died, Others Are Injured
A policeman was killed in one of two suicide bombings today in the Tunisian capital Tunis, the BNR reported, quoting Reuters.
At least eight people have also been injured in the double attack on Thursday, the government said.
The second assault was carried out at a police station in the al-Qarjani district, injuring four security forces officers, the Interior Ministry said.
15 killed in raid on radical hideout: Sri Lanka police
Suicide bombers cornered by security forces in a hideout in eastern Sri Lanka blew themselves up in a raid which left 15 people dead, including six children, police said on April 27.
At least 20 killed in marketplace truck blast in Iraq
At least 20 people were killed and 40 wounded when a suicide bomber set off a truck bomb near a crowded marketplace in the northern Iraqi town of Tuz Khurmatu, south of oil city Kirkuk, police and medical sources told Reuters on Nov. 21.
Baghdad blasts kill 27 as Iraq forces battle ISIL in Mosul
Suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State of Irap and the Levant (ISIL) killed at least 27 people in Baghdad, officials said yesterday, as Iraqi forces fight to retake the last jihadist-held areas in Mosul.
Huge Baghdad car bomb kills at least 39, says police
A massive car bomb blast ripped through a used car market in southern Baghdad on Feb. 16, killing at least 39 people in the third such attack in three days, police said.
Mobile phone footage circulated on social media showed charred bodies and extensive destruction in the Bayaa neighborhood where the explosion went off around 4:15 p.m. (1:15 p.m. GMT).
At least 7 killed and 7 injured in powerful blast in Damascus
A powerful blast caused by a suspected suicide bomber hit a heavily policed district of the Syrian capital on Thursday with reports of at least four killed, state television said.
It flashed that a suicide bomber may have hit the Kafr Sousa neighbourhood where some of Syria’s main security installations are located.
At least 19 killed in 2 Baghdad attacks
Two suicide bomb attacks in separate market places in Baghdad claimed the lives of at least 19 people yesterday.
A suicide bomber targeted Baghdad's main vegetable market killing at least 12 people in the latest attack claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
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Turkish police investigating movements of Kayseri car bomb attacker
Turkish police are investigating the movements of the car that was used in an attack in the Central Anatolian province of Kayseri on Dec. 17, which claimed the lives of 14 soldiers, focusing particularly on what it did after arriving in the province.
Suicide bombers attack police station in Russia
Three suicide bombers carried out an attack at a police station in Russia’s Stavropol region.
The suicide bombers were killed by the blasts, while no one else was hurt, says Reuters.
According to RIA Novosti, the three suicide bombers used at least five explosive devices in the attack.
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Wave of suicide attacks kill at least 29 people across Iraq
Militants unleashed on April 4 a wave of suicide attacks across Iraq, killing at least 29 people and wounding dozens, officials said.
The deadliest attack took place in the southern province of Dhi Qar when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a restaurant that is frequented by Shiite paramilitary militia fighters, killing at least 14 people.