On this day in 2016 two female suicide bombers attacked a mosque in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing 22 worshippers
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On this day in 2009 a suicide bomber targeted tourists at a UNESCO world heritage site in Yemen known as the ‘Manhattan of the desert” killing four
On this day in 2004 ten people were killed and 16 wounded in a double suicide bombing at Israel’s Ashdod Port
On this day in 1995 a car bomb exploded in Algiers near housing for police officers and their families, wounding at least 63 people.
On this day in 2007 suicide bombers targeted Shiite pilgrims in the central Iraqi city of Hilla, killing 114 people and wounding 147 others.
On this day in 2012 a suicide car bomber killed at least three people who were at morning prayers in a church in the central Nigerian city of Jos.
On this day in 2008 a suicide bombing at an outdoor dog fighting competition in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar killed 80 people and wounded scores more
On this day in 2011 a suicide bomber in Iraq killed at least 27 people and wounded a further 20 in an attack on a bus carrying Shia pilgrims.
On this day in 2011 32 soldiers were killed and more than 40 injured in a suicide attack on a military base in the northwestern part of Pakistan
On this day in 2008 a suspected LTTE suicide bomber blew herself up in a packed railway station in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, killing 11 people and wounding 92