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Federal authorities have charged an Afghan citizen living in North Texas with threatening to carry out a suicide bomb attack after the man announced his intentions on various social media platforms, prosecutors said Dec. 2.
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Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 2 Dec. 2025
Less than 24 hours later, the air outside Islamabad’s judicial complex was thick with the aftermath of a suicide bomb.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025
During this period there were 138 Palestinian suicide bomb attacks, targeting civilians in bars, markets, and public places, sometimes as many as fifteen in one month.
—Tom Teicholz, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Oran Almog lost five members of his family and his sight to a suicide bomb.
—Zeena Saifi, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
On May 22, 2017, minutes after Grande’s live performance concluded at the UK’s Manchester Arena, a terrorist detonated a suicide bomb in the arena’s foyer.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
The statement said police discovered two suicide vests, remote control devices for detonating explosives, grenades, thousands of pieces of shrapnel to use in suicide bomb vests and wires and explosive devices that, officials said, suggest the attackers were planning other attacks.
—Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2024
Security officials examine the site of a suicide bomb attack targeting a procession marking the birthday of Islam's Prophet Mohammed in Mastung district.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
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Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 2 Dec. 2025
Less than 24 hours later, the air outside Islamabad’s judicial complex was thick with the aftermath of a suicide bomb.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025
During this period there were 138 Palestinian suicide bomb attacks, targeting civilians in bars, markets, and public places, sometimes as many as fifteen in one month.
—Tom Teicholz, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Oran Almog lost five members of his family and his sight to a suicide bomb.
—Zeena Saifi, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
On May 22, 2017, minutes after Grande’s live performance concluded at the UK’s Manchester Arena, a terrorist detonated a suicide bomb in the arena’s foyer.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
The statement said police discovered two suicide vests, remote control devices for detonating explosives, grenades, thousands of pieces of shrapnel to use in suicide bomb vests and wires and explosive devices that, officials said, suggest the attackers were planning other attacks.
—Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2024
Security officials examine the site of a suicide bomb attack targeting a procession marking the birthday of Islam's Prophet Mohammed in Mastung district.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
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“Suicide bomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suicide%20bomb. Accessed 13 Dec. 2025.
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