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May 12, 2003: Suicide bombing in Chechnya injures hundreds

On May 12, 2003 three suicide bombers drove a truck bomb into the FSB offices in Chechnya, killing 59 people and injuring a further 200

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May 10, 2012: Suicide bombers hit military intelligence in Damascus

On May 10, 2012 two suicide bombers detonated two car bombs outside a military intelligence building in Damascus, killing 55 and wounding more than 400.

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May 4, 2005: Suicide bomber targets police recruits in Kurdistan

On May 4, 2005 a suicide bomber pretending to be a job seeker blew himself up outside a police recruiting center in Erbil killing at least 60 Kurds

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April 21, 2004: Suicide bomber hits police building in Saudi Arabia

On this day in 2004, a suspected Al Qaeda suicide bomber detonated his vehicle at the gates of a government building in Riyadh killing five and wounding 148.

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April 18, 1983: Suicide car bombing at U.S. embassy in Beirut

On this day in 1983, a suicide bomber rammed through the gates of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, in a Chevrolet pickup truck and detonated his payload of roughly 2000 pounds of explosives.

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April 7, 2005: Suicide bomber targets tourists in Cairo

On this day in 2005, a small bomb stuffed with nails exploded near the heart of a tourist bazaar in Cairo killing two people including a French tourist.

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April 6, 2008: Suicide bomber strikes marathon in Sri Lanka

On this day in 2008, a suicide bomber struck a marathon in Weliveriya, Sri Lanka killing 15 people and wounding another 90.

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April 5, 2016: Suicide bombers detonate on public transport in Niger

On this day in 2016 three civilians were killed and several others injured when two Boko Haram suicide bombers detonated their equipment in a public transport vehicle on its way to a market in southeast Niger.

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April 3, 2011: Teenage suicide bombers kill Sufi worshipers in Pakistan

On this day in 2011, three teenage suicide bombers attacked a Sufi shrine in Pakistan in quick succession. The first two were able to detonate their suicide vests, killing at least 44 people and wounding more than 120.

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March 25, 2014: Taliban terrorists attack the democratic process in Afghanistan

On this day in 2014 Taliban suicide bombers and gunmen attacked an election commission office in Kabul next to the home of presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani.