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An Indonesian policeman manages the traffic after an explosion outside a church in Makassar on 28 March 2021. Picture: AFP

Suicide bomb attack

Indonesia cathedral rocked by suspected Palm Sunday suicide bomb

By AFP

The powerful blast at the church in Makassar city on Sulawesi island happened around 10:30 am local time (0330 GMT) and left at least one person dead and nine...

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    1444 days ago
  • Picture: AFP.

    Suicide bomber kills four army officers in Somalia - mayor

    The dead included a military commander and two colonels, the town’s mayor, Hirsi Yusuf Barre, said.

    1570 days ago
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    Girl strapped with bomb kills 5 in Cameroon mosque

    The girl of 12 or 13-years-old arrived at the Sanda-Wadjiri mosque in remote Kolofata at the first call to prayer at between five and six in the morning.

    1797 days ago
  • FILE: The scene of a car bomb attack near the port of the capital Mogadishu is pictured on December 11, 2016. Picture: AFP.

    Suicide bomber kills six people in central Somalia - police

    The al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab group said it was behind the attack.

    1801 days ago
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    Australian police charge two men over plane bomb, gas plots

    Another US official said the target of the bomb plot appeared to have been a commercial flight from Sydney to the Gulf.

    1838 days ago
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    Attack on Shi'ite mosque in Afghan city kills at least 29

    More than 1,700 civilians have been killed in attacks in Afghanistan so far this year, hitting confidence in the Western-backed government.

    1840 days ago
  • FILE: The Nigerian flag flies in Lagos. Picture: AFP.

    Bomber kills 14 in northeast Nigeria, kidnapped oil team appear in video

    The attack in the town of Dikwa in Borno state came days after suspected members of the group kidnapped an oil prospecting team.

    1843 days ago
  • FILE: People gather on 12 July 2017 on the scene of an attack by suicide bombers in Maiduguri on July 11, 2017. Picture: AFP.

    Death toll in Maiduguri attack rises to 19

    The Borno State Police Commissioner Damian Chukwu said most of the victims were operatives of the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF).

    1861 days ago
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    Five suicide bombers attack Lebanese army during raids

    The raids were part of a major security sweep by the army in an area that has been a flashpoint for violent spillover from the Syria crisis.

    1872 days ago
  • FILE: Emergency services and soldiers gather at the scene of a suicide bomb attack in Maiduguri. Picture: AFP.

    Suicide bombers kill nine in Nigerian city of Maiduguri

    A number of suicide bomb attacks by suspected members of the jihadist group have taken place in the capital of Borno state.

    1877 days ago
  • Forensic experts of the police search for evidence in and around the car of Greek former prime minister Lucas Papademos in Athens on May 25, 2017, after Papademos was hurt when an explosive device went off inside his car. Picture: AFP.

    Booby-trap blast injures former Greek PM Papademos

    Lucas Papademos, who served a brief stint as caretaker prime minister in late 2011 to mid-2012, did not have life-threatening injuries, authorities said.

    1908 days ago
  • Syrians who arrived a day earlier from government-held villages of Fuaa and Kafraya wait in rebel-held Rashidin, west of Aleppo city, following delays in evacuating them as the hard-won deal ran into trouble on 15 April 2017. Picture: AFP

    Reports: Blast hits Syrian bus convoy near Aleppo

    A military media unit run by Damascus ally Hezbollah said a suicide attacker had detonated a car bomb near the convoy.

    1949 days ago
  • FILE: A small fire smolders (L) at the site of an attack on the pro-government Al-Ikhbariya satellite television channel's offices outside Damascus, which killed three staff. Picture: AFP

    Second Damascus suicide bomb attack hit restaurant, several casualties - media

    State-run SANA news agency said there were several casualties; no further details were immediately available.

    1980 days ago
  • Syrian forensics examine a damaged bus at the scene of a bombing following twin attacks targeting Shiite pilgrims in Damascus' Old City on March 11, 2017. Picture: AFP.

    Death toll from Damascus bombing climbs to 74 - Observatory

    Most of the dead in Saturday's attack were Iraqi Shi'ites who were going to visit a cemetery near the Old City of Damascus.

    1983 days ago
  • FILE: Syrian forensics examine a damaged bus at the scene of a bombing following twin attacks targeting Shiite pilgrims in Damascus' Old City on March 11, 2017. Picture: AFP.

    At least 40 killed in Damascus bombing targeting Shi'ites

    There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Saturday's attack, which is said to had been carried out by 2 suicide bombers.

    1983 days ago
  • Pakistani security personnel stand guard at the 13th century Muslim Sufi shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar a day after a bomb attack in the town of Sehwan in Sindh province, on February 17, 2017. Picture: AFP

    Suicide attack on Pakistani shrine kills 72, claimed by Islamic State

    A spokesman for medical charity Edhi said around 30 children accompanying their mothers were dead.

    2006 days ago
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