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FILE: The jihadists controlled Mogadishu until 2011 when they were pushed out by AMISOM troops, but still hold territory in the countryside. Picture: AFP

Suicide bomber

Attacks in Somalia leave more than 30 dead

By AFP

The first attack in Beledweyne district was carried out by a suicide bomber, and killed two local lawmakers including Amina Mohamed Abdi and several of her...

  • Picture: AFP.

    Deadly suicide attack in Somali capital: police

    The attack targeted the station at Waberi, in the south of the city, on the busy Maka Al-Mukaram road.

    415 days ago
  • FILE: A member of Somalia's security services patrols the scene of a suicide car bomb blast in Mogadishu. Picture: AFP

    Seven injured in car bombing at Mogadishu port

    Witnesses said officers opened fire on the vehicle after it failed to stop at the police checkpoint.

    725 days ago
  • Somalian flag. Picture: AFP

    Suicide car bombers kill at least 17 in Somalia

    Guards at Hotel Sahafi and CID officers opened fire after the blasts, police added. Then, about 20 minutes later, a third explosion hit the busy street, witnesses said.

    1327 days ago
  • Tunisia flag. Picture: Supplied

    Woman suicide bomber wounds 9 in Tunis - ministry

    According to authorities, all but one of the casualties were police.

    1338 days ago
  • FILE: In this photograph taken on 9 February 2017, an Italian soldier from NATO's Resolute Support Mission trains an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier at a Military Training centre on the outskirts of Herat. Picture: AFP

    Suicide bomber attacks NATO patrol in Afghanistan, kills three

    A NATO Resolute Support mission service member, an American, and two Afghan soldiers were wounded, the mission said.

    1424 days ago
  • FILE: A member of the Afghan security forces secures the site of a car bomb attack in Kabul on 17 March 2018. Picture: AFP

    Women, children among victims as suicide bomber kills 12 in Afghan capital

    Afghan Taliban militants on Saturday announced a surprise three-day ceasefire over the Muslim Eid holiday at the end of this week.

    1479 days ago
  • FILE: Security forces in Mogadishu, Somalia. Picture: AFP.

    Suicide car bomb kills three near Somali parliament

    A Mogadishu police officer told media the bomb went off at the heavily guarded Sayidka checkpoint.

    1556 days ago
  • A screengrab showing the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad. Picture: Google Maps.

    Suicide bomber kills religious official in Afghan city

    There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

    1574 days ago
  • FILE: A member of Somalia's security services patrols the scene of a suicide car bomb blast on August 30, 2016 in Mogadishu. Picture: AFP

    Suicide bomber kills at least 15 at police academy in Somalia's capital

    Police spokesperson Major Mohamed Hussein said the attacker had explosives strapped to his body and infiltrated the General Kahiye Police Training Academy during an early morning parade.

    1658 days ago
  • FILE: Muslim worshippers pray at the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on 23 June 2017, during the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan. Picture: AFP

    Bomber planning to attack Mecca’s Grand Mosque blows himself up – ministry

    The ministry said that three cells had planned the attack on worshippers and security forces at the mosque as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan nears its climax.

    1831 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied.

    Suicide bombers kill 12 in Nigeria's Borno state: police

    Borno state police spokesman said the attacks occurred on Sunday at around 08:30 pm in the village of Kofa.

    1835 days ago
  • FILE: A Taliban car bomber killed 14 people in Afghanistan's Khost city on 27 May in the first major attack at the start of the holy month of Ramadan that targeted a CIA-funded militia group. Picture: AFP.

    Dozens dead in Afghanistan violence as Ramadan begins

    At a local hospital, doctors received at least 14 dead bodies and eight wounded people.

    1859 days ago
  • FILE: Afghan security personnel inspect a damaged car at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Kabul. Picture: AFP

    At least five dead in blast outside Supreme Court in Afghan capital

    An apparent suicide bomber targeted Supreme Court employees leaving their offices at the end of the working day.

    1968 days ago
  • FILE: This handout image from Doctors Without Border (MSF) shows people standing next to destruction after an air force jet accidentally bombarded a camp for those displaced by Boko Haram Islamists, in Rann, northeast Nigeria. Picture: AFP

    Female suicide bombers using babies during missions in Nigeria

    Two suicide bombers who carried out a 13 January attack in Madagali had babies strapped to their backs.

    1982 days ago
  • Turkish rescue workers stand by the wreckage of a vehicle as a police officer inspects a destroyed car and a man walks among the remains at the blast scene following a car bomb attack on a police station in the eastern Turkish city of Elazig, on 18 August 2016. Picture: AFP.

    Suspected suicide bomber kills three police officers in southern Turkey

    The bomber detonated explosives as police raided the house in the Besyuzevler neighbourhood of the city.

    2081 days ago
  • Picture: AFP.

    Suicide bomber kills two in Borno

    A suicide bomber identified as a 'man disguised as a lunatic' blew himself up at the State secretariat.

    2238 days ago
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    Poll: Most Americans support torture against terror suspects

    The 22-28 March online poll asked respondents if torture can be justified against suspected terrorists.

    2281 days ago
  • A file of a screengrab taken on October 2, 2014 from a video released by the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram and obtained by AFP shows the leader of the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau. Picture: AFP.

    Suicide bomber detained in Cameroon says she's one of Chibok girls

    She claimed to be one of 219 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in the Nigerian town of Chibok in 2014.

    2286 days ago
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