20 killed, 119 wounded in consecutive Kabul suicide bombings
Kabul (dpa) – At least 20 people were killed and 119 others injured in three consecutive bombings at a funeral ceremony in Kabul on Saturday, officials said. Afghan Public Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz was among the people injured in the blasts – which took place at the funeral of Mohammad Salem Izedyar, the son of […]
Pakistan’s Emerging Threat: Highly Educated Youth Gravitate to Radicalization
The on-campus mob slaying of a journalism student and the arrest of a female medical student for allegedly planning a suicide attack underscore concerns that some of Pakistan’s highly educated youth are gravitating toward violent extremism and radicalization. Security experts say the unrelated incidents show that religious militancy isn’t limited to the disenfranchised and uneducated […]
Terrorist massacre of Pakistani Christian village thwarted
The British Pakistani Christian Association (BPCA) issued cautious praise for government security forces, after an all-out massacre of a Christian community near Peshawar, northern Pakistan, was prevented by security forces on Friday morning. The targeted Christian community – 30 families on the Pakistan-Afganistan border – was infiltrated by four suicide bombers from the Jama-ul-Ahrar faction […]
Suicide bomber strikes police station in Indonesia, wounds officer
Jakarta (dpa) – A suicide bomber struck a police station in Indonesia Tuesday, killing himself and injuring an officer, police said. The motorcyclist detonated his explosives when he was approached by the officer at the Surakarta city police department in Central Java, national police said. Photos released by the police showed the attacker lying lifeless […]
Pakistani Man Identified As Bomber In Medina Attack
UPDATE: 4:52 a.m. EDT: Saudi Arabian authorities have identified the suicide bomber outside the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina as 34-year-old Abdullah Qalzar Khan, a Pakistani resident of the kingdom. The Interior Ministry said in a statement Tuesday that the man, who lived in the nearby Red Sea port city of Jeddah with “his wife and […]
Suicide bombers attack three Saudi Arabian cities
Three suicide bombers have struck in three Saudi Arabian cities just before the end of Ramadan, which runs through Tuesday and Wednesday. In Medina the bomber set off his device near the Prophet’s Mosque, one of Islam’s most sacred sites, killing two security officers. Two other bombers attacked targets in Qatif, on the border with […]
Explosions rock Saudi Arabia’s Qatif city
Two explosions have struck near a mosque in the eastern Saudi Arabian city of Qatif, residents say. Witnesses said a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Shia mosque on Monday evening without causing any other injuries. They reported seeing body parts lying on the ground in the city’s business district. “Suicide bomber for sure. […]
Explosions rock Saudi Arabia’s Qatif city
Two explosions have struck near a mosque in the eastern Saudi Arabian city of Qatif, residents say. Witnesses said a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Shia mosque on Monday evening without causing any other injuries. They reported seeing body parts lying on the ground in the city’s business district. “Suicide bomber for sure. […]
Suicide bomber ‘dies in US consulate blast’ in Jeddah
A suspected suicide bomber has died after blowing himself up near the US consulate in Saudi Arabia’s city of Jeddah, according to state media. Two security officers were reportedly wounded “as a result of the failed bombing” in the early hours of July 4, the day when Americans celebrate their independence. State TV said the […]
Istanbul airport bombers were Russian, Uzbek, Kyrgyz: Turkey
Three suspected Islamic State suicide bombers who killed 44 people in a gun and bomb attack at Istanbul’s main airport this week were Russian, Uzbek and Kyrgyz nationals, a Turkish government official said on Thursday. more-837367The attack on one of the world’s busiest airports, a hub at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, was the […]