Afghan Suicide Bomber Kills Own Family

[DaveM55]

Now here's a terrorist trend I'd like to see.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i...h1CKAD8S9Q0R80

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A mother who tried to stop her son from carrying out a suicide bomb attack triggered an explosion in the family's home in southern Afghanistan that killed the would-be bomber, his mother and three siblings, police said Monday.

The would-be bomber had been studying at a madrassa, or religious school, in Pakistan, and when he returned to his home in Uruzgan province over the weekend announced that he planned to carry out a suicide attack, Interior Ministry spokesman Zemeri Bashary said.

Surviving family members told police that the suicide vest exploded during a struggle between the mother and her son, said Juma Gul Himat, Uruzgan's police chief. The man's brother and two sisters were also killed.

Family members said the would-be bomber gave his family $3,600 before telling them he intended to carry out the attack, Himat said.

Bashary said the explosion happened on Sunday, but Himat said it occurred on Monday morning. It was not clear why the two accounts differed.

In a second accidental explosion, another would-be bomber killed himself Friday in Paktika province when he tried to take off the bomb vest he was wearing and it exploded, Bashary said. The man told authorities he had been instructed by his handlers in Pakistan to launch a suicide attack, but changed his mind when he saw people praying in a mosque...

[MarcS]

Now here's a terrorist trend I'd like to see.

Sounds to me like the family was good people. Maybe you missed the part where they tried to stop him from carrying out the bombing.

[DaveM55]

The trend I was referring to was people having a second guess about being suicide bombers. But thank you Captain Obvious.

[PA Rifleman]

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — ...The would-be bomber had been studying at a madrassa, or religious school, in Pakistan,...

This has been the problem with hammering Afghanistan-the porous border with Pakistan. Extremists get a handful of folks cranked up, strap on a bomb & set 'em loose. Meanwhile, the architects of the bombing sit back in the comfort & privacy in a flat in Pakistan, out of our reach.

[GRoPA]

LOL! Good for him!

[ca2pa]

I do not care for "evil-doers" dying... BUT innocent people is a different story. If the family tried to stop him, god bless them, F*** HIM!!