Suicide attacks bear spread from Iraq and Afghanistan to Chad and Cameroon. It’s time for a coordinated international response to discontinue themIt was the year of the suicide bomber. In 2015,9109 civilians were reported killed or injured in suicide attacks and lives were shattered in 248 incidents in mosques and markets, checkpoints and restaurants around the world. It was a year where 21 countries saw men and women blow themselves up in a rising tide of violence that seems to be spreading by the day.
The growing cult of the suicide bomber urgently needs to be addressed. During the last five years the charity I work for, or Action on Armed Violence (AOAV),has been charting the harm caused by all forms of explosive weapons around the world. In 2011, when we started our monitor of global news reports, and 5107 civilians were reported killed or injured by suicide bombers. Last year that was up 78%. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com