Suicide car bomber hits Afghan airport; 9 killed

Suicide car bomber hits Afghan airport; 9 killed Kabul: A suicide car bomber struck early Monday at the gates of Jalalabad airport in eastern Afghanistan, killing nine people in a large blast, officials said. The Taliban said the attack on the airport, which serves both civilian and international military aircraft, was revenge for the burning of Muslim holy books at an American military base. The attacker drove up to the gates of the airport shortly after dawn and...
08:58 AM, Feb 27, 2012

Bhullar's plea hearing over death penalty today

Bhullar's plea hearing over death penalty today New Delhi: The Supreme Court is expected to hear a petition challenging the death penalty given to militant Devender Pal Singh Bhullar. His mercy plea was rejected last year after he was given death penalty in a 1993 car bombing case. The Khalistani militant had been sentenced to death for triggering the 1993 Delhi car bomb attack that killed 12 people. He had filed a mercy petition before President Pratibha...
07:41 AM, Feb 22, 2012

Device used to trigger blast: Delhi Police

Device used to trigger blast: Delhi Police New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Monday confirmed that a blast took place in the Israel embassy car. However, the police refused to comment if it was a terror attack. Addressing a press conference in the national capital, Delhi Police Commissioner B K Gupta said that the blast was triggered using a device, which according to eyewitnesses, was a magnetic one. The device was placed at the rear of the...
07:58 PM, Feb 13, 2012

Car bomb kills 7 people in southern Afghan city

Car bomb kills 7 people in southern Afghan city Kandahar: A car bomb exploded just outside the police headquarters of a southern Afghanistan city on Sunday, killing at least seven people, officials said. The blast went off at a parking lot outside the police building in Kandahar, said Saisal Ahmad, a spokesman for the provincial government. Five police officers and two civilians were killed, and least 19 people were wounded, he added. The blast was large enough that it...
02:32 PM, Feb 05, 2012

Car bomb in southern Russia kills 8, wounds 6

Car bomb in southern Russia kills 8, wounds 6 Moscow: Investigators say a powerful car bomb killed eight people, including an 11-year-old girl and a police officer, in Russia's volatile Dagestan province. The Investigative Committee, Russia's top investigative body, said the explosive that was planted in a car parked at a road crossing in the central Levashinsky district also wounded six more police officers on Wednesday. Dagestan, a multi-ethnic, predominantly Muslim republic, is plagued by near-daily violence. It is...
03:17 AM, Sep 29, 2011

Russia: Twin blasts kill 4, injure scores

Russia: Twin blasts kill 4, injure scores Moscow: At least four people were killed and 60 others, mostly policemen, injured in twin blasts in Russia's southern city of Makhachkala. The explosions within metres (yards) of each other rocked the capital of the North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Wednesday. The car bombs filled with shrapnel went off shortly after midnight near the city's central square, with an interval of some 15-17 minutes, police said. The second blast...
12:58 PM, Sep 22, 2011

22 killed in suicide bombings in south Baghdad

22 killed in suicide bombings in south Baghdad Baghdad: Suicide bombers detonated two explosives-laden vehicles early on Tuesday near a government compound south of Baghdad, killing at least 22 people and wounding dozens, Iraqi officials said. The attacks come as Iraq's top political factions started to discuss in earnest whether to ask some of the U.S. troops to stay beyond the Dec. 31 withdrawal deadline because of the security situation. While violence is well below what it was...
12:58 PM, Jun 21, 2011

Pakistan suicide blast toll rises to 36

Pakistan suicide blast toll rises to 36 Islamabad: The death toll in a devastating suicide car bomb attack in northwest Pakistan on Friday rose to 36 as more bodies were pulled out of the rubble of buildings that collapsed when the attacker detonated his explosives-laden vehicle in a congested area of Hangu city. Two more bodies were retrieved from the debris on Friday, officials in Hangu said. At least 10 policemen were among the dead. Over 50...
02:02 PM, May 27, 2011

Timer device used in Delhi HC blast: sources

Timer device used in Delhi HC blast: sources New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday witnessed a low intensity blast from the parking lot outside gate number 7 - one of the most well secured areas in the capital. The explosion was caused by a crude explosive packed in a polythene placed right next to a Ford car which belongs to a lawyer. The Preliminary probe so far has revealed that a detonator was attached to an...
10:26 AM, May 26, 2011

Car bomb destroys police station in Pak, 6 dead

Car bomb destroys police station in Pak, 6 dead Peshawar: A suicide bomber drove an explosives-packed car into a police station on Wednesday as the Taliban intensified attacks against Pakistan's security forces after the killing of al Qaeda's Osama bin Laden. At least five policemen and a soldier were killed in the attack in the northwestern city of Peshawar. The Pakistani Taliban said they were responsible. The militants, allied with al Qaeda, have vowed to avenge bin Laden's killing...
07:42 AM, May 26, 2011

Car bomb destroys police station in Pak, 6 dead

Car bomb destroys police station in Pak, 6 dead Peshawar: A suicide bomber drove an explosives-packed car into a police station on Wednesday as the Taliban intensified attacks against Pakistan's security forces after the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. At least five policemen and a soldier were killed in the attack in the northwestern city of Peshawar. The Pakistani Taliban said they were responsible. The militants, allied with al Qaeda, have vowed to avenge bin Laden's...
05:01 PM, May 25, 2011

Car bomb kills 10 in northwest Pakistan

Car bomb kills 10 in northwest Pakistan Islamabad: At least 10 people were killed on Tuesday when militants used a powerful car bomb to target a residential colony for police personnel at Kohat in northwest Pakistan, continuing a wave of terror strikes across the country. Attackers detonated the explosives shortly after 'iftar', the evening meal to break the fast during Ramzan. About 30 quarters in the colony, for low-ranking police personnel, collapsed due to the powerful...
09:26 PM, Sep 07, 2010

Indian American doc convicted in car bomb attack

Indian American doc convicted in car bomb attack A US federal jury convicted Randeep Mann of using a weapon of mass destruction against a person and property. ...
09:24 AM, Aug 10, 2010

Suspected racial link to car attack in Australia

Suspected racial link to car attack in Australia Three cars of international students have been attacked in Adelaide, which has further intensified the fear among out-station students. ...
12:11 PM, Jul 14, 2010

3 arrested in connection with Times Square plot

3 arrested in connection with Times Square plot Three people are in federal custody after search warrants were issued in multiple locations in the US. ...
12:27 AM, May 14, 2010
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