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Kabul mosque attack toll jumps to 32 dead, 41 wounded: officials

Kabul - Muslimchronicle

A suicide bomber killed 32 people including women and children and wounded 41 others when he blew himself up in a Shiite mosque in Kabul on Friday, officials said. "Unfortunately this evening a suicide bomber detonated himself among the worshippers inside a mosque in Dasht-e-Barchi neighbourhood of Kabul city," Kabul police spokesman Abdul Basir Mujahid told AFP. The interior ministryRead more

Kabul suicide bombing kills 5

Kabul - Arab Today

At least five people were killed Wednesday when a suicide bomber on foot struck near the Afghan defense ministry in Kabul, officials said, in an attack that was claimed by the Daesh group. Three other people were left wounded in the explosion, which occurred during afternoon rush hour when employees of the ministry were likely to go home. “Most ofRead more

Suicide bomber believed to be perpetrator of Tanta church attack

Cairo - Arab Today

A Suicide bomber is believed to be the one who carried out the Mar Gerges Church attack that took place earlier Sunday and left scores dead and injured, a reliable source told MENA. Body parts found in the scene of the explosion are believed to be for the perpetrator of the heinous attack, the source added. Earlier in the day,Read more

Egypt police: Suicide bomber behind Alexandria church blast

Cairo - Arab Today

A suicide bomber was behind the blast at an Alexandria church that killed 11 people on Sunday, Egypt's interior ministry said. The bomber tried to storm the church where Coptic Pope Tawadros II was leading a Palm Sunday service but blew himself up when police prevented him from entering, the ministry said in a statement. A Coptic Church official saidRead more

St. Petersburg mourns after metro attack by ‘suicide bomber’

St. Petersburg - Arab Today

Russia’s second city Saint Petersburg was in mourning on Tuesday after an explosion in the metro system killed 11 people and injured dozens, as Kyrgyzstan said a suicide bomber from the Central Asian nation was responsible. Russian tricolor flags flew at half-mast as the city observed the first of three days of mourning. Heightened security measures were imposed in theRead more

Dog saves Nigeria wedding event from bomber

Maiduguri - Arab Today

Officials said a dog at a Nigerian wedding party grappled with a suicide bomber until her explosives detonated, killing the animal as well. Buba Ahmed of Belbelo village, near the northeastern city of Maiduguri, said guests are grateful that the dog sacrificed itself to save their lives. He said the teenage bomber was on the outskirts of a gathering whereRead more

Attack on Syrian Security Forces Kills at Least 40

Homs - Arab Today

Militants attacked two Syrian security offices in the western city of Homs on Saturday with guns and suicide bombers, killing at least 42 people including a senior officer, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The attackers killed the head of military security and 29 others at one of its headquarters in the city and 12 more people at aRead more

UK media report Iraqi suicide bomber was ex-Gitmo detainee

London - Arab Today

British news media are reporting that a suicide bomber who attacked a military base in Iraq this week was a former Guantanamo Bay detainee freed in 2004 after Britain lobbied for his release. The SITE intelligence group says the Daesh group identified the bomber as Abu Zakariya Al-Britani. The BBC says the 50-year-old was formerly known as Ronald Fiddler. TheRead more

Suicide bombers hit court in Pakistan, at least four killed

Islamabad - Arab Today

Suicide bombers attacked a court complex in Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least four people, officials said, in the latest incident in a new surge of Islamist violence. A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban's Jamaat-ur-Ahrar faction claimed responsibility for the attack in the northwestern town of Charsadda. The district administration said at least four people were killed. A witness toldRead more