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A body cavity bomb (BCB) is an explosive device hidden inside the body of a person in order to commit a suicide attack. [1] Although this is a common plot device in fiction, very few instances of this are known to have occurred in real life, with only one publicly documented case.
Suicide bombers strap explosives, often covered with nails, screws, or other items intended to act as fragments, to their bodies or otherwise carry them into populated areas and detonate them. The Tamil Tigers of Sri Lanka are known for having made high-profile use of this method in the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi .
The attackers can use a wide range of methods, from suicide vests and belts to bomb trucks and cars and APCs filled to the brim with explosives. Usually, the suicide bomber involved in a "martyrdom operation" will record his last words in a martyrdom video before they start their attack and will be released after the suicide attack was done.
A U.S. Army soldier from the 82nd Airborne Division with a dead insurgent's hand on his shoulder. On April 18, 2012, the Los Angeles Times released photos of U.S. soldiers posing with body parts of dead insurgents, [1] [2] after a soldier in the 82nd Airborne Division gave the photos to the Los Angeles Times to draw attention to "a breakdown in security, discipline and professionalism" [3 ...
At Abbey Gate, one of the gates into the airport, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt. [2] After the explosion, gunfire erupted and all gates to the airport were closed. [31] U.S. officials said that ISIS–K gunmen opened fire into the crowd after the explosion and U.S. troops returned fire. [2]
Cybertruck bomber Matthew Livelsberger caused the explosion outside of Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas to serve as a “wake up call,” chilling notes police recovered from his phone revealed.
[1] [10] Two near-casualties of the same bomb were Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor, then living across the street from Palmer. They had passed the house just minutes before the explosion and their residence was close enough that one of the bomber's body parts landed on their doorstep. [11]
Yves Fauvel says the flashbacks still come regularly: The D-Day evening sky thrumming with American bombers; the screams of families trapped in the debris of their own homes; the man outside a ...