Indonesian police Saturday were studying DNA evidence from the remains of two suicide bombers who carried out twin attacks on luxury Jakarta hotels, as security was tightened across the country. Suspected Islamist suicide bombers detonated powerful devices at the Ritz-Carlton …
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Suicide attackers strike Shiite mosques, kill 24
BAGHDAD – Suicide bombers struck two Shiite mosques in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 24 people and wounding dozens during celebrations marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. To the north, suspected Shiite militiamen gunned down …
Three dead in Algerian suicide attack: report
ALGIERS (AFP) – Three people were killed and six others were wounded in a suicide attack near the Algerian capital, APS news agency quoted security officials as saying on Monday. The bomber blew up his car packed with explosives near …
19 hurt in vehicle attack in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) — Over a dozen Israeli soldiers and some civilians were wounded here late Monday night when a Palestinian man steered a car into a crowd, said police and rescue workers. The driver was shot dead at …
Al-Qaeda blamed as suicide bomber kills 53 at the Marriott hotel, Islamabad
Rescuers picked their way yesterday through the smouldering ruins of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, looking for more bodies after a huge bomb devastated the building in one of Pakistan’s worst terrorist attacks. The death toll last night stood at …