Category: suicide bombing

After 22 Years in a Coma, Israeli Woman Critically Wounded in 2001 Jerusalem Suicide Bombing Dies

June 1, 2023
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An Israeli woman critically wounded in a 2001 suicide bombing at a Jerusalem restaurant has died, an Israeli hospital said Thursday. Her death marks the sixteenth fatality from that attack. Hana Nachenberg was 31 at the time and was dining with her 3-year-old daughter when the blast occurred, Israeli media reported. She was in a…

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Somali Female Lawmaker Among Scores Killed by Suicide Bomber

March 25, 2022
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MOGADISHU, Somalia—A prominent Somali female lawmaker is among at least 48 people killed in a suicide bombing that hit a polling station in rural central Somalia, police and a local official said Thursday. The attack took place late Wednesday in the town of Beledweyne, the capital of Somalia’s Hiran region. Among its victims was opposition…

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Slain Marine Who Cradled Baby at Kabul Airport Loved Her Job

August 29, 2021
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A woman who cradled a baby in her arms at the airport and posted on social media that she loved her job. A young husband with a child on the way. Another man who always wanted to be in the military. A man who planned to become a sheriff’s deputy when his deployment ended. Heart-wrenching…

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Syria Foils Suicide Bombing Plot in Capital Damascus: State News Agency

March 16, 2021
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BEIRUT—Syria foiled a suicide bombing plot in the capital Damascus with security forces killing three people they described as terrorists and arresting three others, state news agency SANA said on Monday. SANA quoted a security source as saying the plot, which involved the use of explosive belts, was thwarted with the cooperation of residents of…

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