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The usage of the term "suicide attack" has a long history, [citation needed] but "suicide bombing" dates back to at least 1940 when a New York Times article mentioned the term in relation to German tactics. [14] Less than two years later, the New York Times referred to a Japanese kamikaze attempt on an American carrier as a "suicide bombing". [15]
However, suicide is strictly forbidden by Islamic law, and the terrorist leaders of the groups who organize these attacks do not regard them as suicide, but as martyrdom operations. They argue the difference to be that in suicide a person kills themselves out of despair, while in a martyrdom operation a person is killed as a pure act.
Articles related to suicide attacks, deliberate attacks in which the perpetrators knowingly sacrifice their own lives as part of the attack. These attacks are often associated with terrorism or military conflicts and are considered a form of murder–suicide .
[a] A 2007 study of Palestinian suicide bombings during the Second Intifada (September 2000 through August 2005) found that 39.9% of the suicide attacks were carried out by Hamas, 26.4% by Fatah, 25.7% by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), 5.4% by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and 2.7% by other organizations. The ...
A kamikaze aircraft crashes into a US warship in May 1945. Kamikaze (神風, pronounced [kamiꜜkaze]; ' divine wind ' [1] or ' spirit wind '), officially Shinpū Tokubetsu Kōgekitai (神風特別攻撃隊, ' Divine Wind Special Attack Unit '), were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units of military aviators who flew suicide attacks for the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in ...
The Database on Suicide Attacks (DSAT or CPOST-DSAT) is a database maintained by the Chicago Project on Security and Threats (CPOST) at the University of Chicago. [1] The database is publicly available and includes all known suicide attacks from 1974 to 2019.
The Passover massacre [1] was a suicide bombing carried out by Hamas [2] at the Park Hotel in Netanya, Israel on 27 March 2002, during a Passover seder. 30 civilians were killed in the attack and 140 were injured.
Pages in category "History of suicide" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...