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Splodydope fails and succeeds at same time in southern Russia
2005-12-30
MAKHACHKALA, Russia - A suicide bomber blew himself up in southern Russia on Thursday, but there were no other casualties, witnesses said.
Gawd, I love it when that happens...
The man blew himself up in the Muslim region of Dagestan near a gathering of people mourning a security services officer who was killed two days ago, they said. Local media reported that no one else died in the blast in the town of Makhachkala, main city of the region that borders Chechnya. The bomber’s body was torn apart by the blast. One of his detached hands still held the remote control apparatus about the size of a mobile phone that he had used to detonate his bomb. Other body parts, including his head, lay nearby. “The person blew himself up. He is dead,” regional interior minister Adilgerei Magomedtagirov was quoted as saying by local media.
Good.
Riddance.
Posted by:Steve White

#4   He blew up near a mosque. I'll give 10:1 odds that immmediately after there was frantic flushing of korans explosives.
Posted by: ed   2005-12-30 10:47  

#3  Could be a doorbell ringer, they were using lots of those on IEDs in Iraq. Plenty db ringers made in China...
Posted by: Seafarious   2005-12-30 10:15  

#2   One of his detached hands still held the remote control apparatus made in Germany or China, about the size of a mobile phone
Posted by: Besoeker   2005-12-30 10:12  

#1  Splodydope fails and succeeds at same time in southern Russia

I feel a quality Koan a coming....

What is the sound of one body bursting?
(laughter)
Posted by: Leon Clavin   2005-12-30 10:04  

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