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Suicides end 10-year decline in Japan as pandemic stress hits women harder

Elaine Lies, Reuters
Posted at Jan 22 10:07 AM

Suicides increased in Japan during 2020 after a decade of declines, with the number of women committing suicide surging amid the emotional and financial stress caused by the coronavirus pandemic even as fewer men took their own lives. Read more »

At least 13 dead as suicide bomber, gunmen attack town in Cameroon: UN

Reuters
Posted at Jan 09 04:20 AM

YAOUNDE, Cameroon - At least 13 people including children died when a suicide bomber blew herself in a crowd that was fleeing an armed attack in northern Cameroon on Friday, a U.N. security report said. Read more »

Suicide bomber kills six in Mogadishu ice-cream parlor

Reuters
Posted at Nov 28 05:13 AM

MOGADISHU - A suicide bomber blew himself up in an ice-cream parlor in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday, killing six people and wounding eight, an official said. Read more »

AFP looking into possible involvement of Islamic schools in recruitment of suicide bombers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 13 06:55 PM

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is looking into the possible involvement of some Madrasah, or Islamic schools in the country in the radicalization and alleged recruitment of suicide bombers, its chief said Tuesday. Read more »

'Mindanao schools na posibleng mapasok ng mga terorista babantayan'

Zhander Cayabyab, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 13 12:34 PM

Babantayan ng mga awtoridad ang mga paaralan sa Mindanao na posibleng mapasok ng mga terorista upang makapag-recruit ng mga miyembro, sabi ngayong Martes ng tagapamuno ng Armed Forces of the Philippines. Read more »

Indonesian tagged as suicide bomber, 2 others nabbed in Sulu: military

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 12 08:16 AM

(2nd UPDATE) An Indonesian female alleged to be a suicide bomber was arrested along with two other women in Jolo, Sulu, early Saturday morning, the military said. Read more »

TikTok urges social media alliance against suicide content

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 22 09:45 PM

TikTok on Tuesday proposed an alliance with nine other social media platforms to work collectively and rapidly to remove suicide content, following an incident this month when a man killed himself on Facebook. Read more »

9 cops who killed Sulu soldiers charged with administrative case

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 12:13 PM

The Philippine National Police said Tuesday it has filed administrative charges against 9 policemen involved in the killing of 4 soldiers in Jolo town, Sulu last June. Read more »

Facebook, hinarang ang livestream ng isang lalaking tinanggihang ma-euthanasia

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 12:18 AM

Inihayag ng social media site na hindi nito papayagan na i-livestream ng isang Frenchman, na may malala at hindi na magamot na sakit, ang pagpapakamatay nito.  Read more »

'Kasabwat' na tricycle driver sa Jolo bombing tinutugis

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 03 08:47 PM

Pinaghahanap na ang tricycle driver na naghatid sa hinihinalang suicide bomber na nagpasabog noong isang linggo sa Jolo, Sulu. Read more »

Jolo bombers nasa Sulu pa, heightened alert itinaas sa NCR: Banac

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 10:51 AM

MAYNILA - Malaki ang paniwala ng Philippine National Police (PNP) na hindi pa nakakalabas ng bansa ang mga teroristang responsable sa kambal na pagsabog sa Jolo, Sulu.   Read more »

Jolo bombers possibly now in Central Mindanao, police say

Queenie Casimiro, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 04:26 PM

The local police of Zamboanga City said Monday it received information that terrorists responsible for the twin bombings in Jolo, Sulu are now in Central Mindanao. Read more »

WATCH: CCTV footage of Jolo town plaza blast

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 06:12 PM

A closed circuit television camera footage from a nearby establishment showed residents rushing away from the site of the explosion that rocked the town plaza of Jolo in Sulu Monday. Read more »

Mindanao military official shuns martial law for Sulu

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 27 10:42 AM

A military official in the south rejected Thursday calls from higher-ups to place Sulu province under martial law after a double bombing killed at least 15 people there. Read more »

Kamag-anak? Military checks if Jolo suicide bombers, cops who killed soldiers have blood ties

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 10:15 AM

MANILA -- The military is investigating the suspected blood ties of 2 women who carried out a deadly double bombing in Jolo, Sulu this week and the policemen who earlier gunned down 4 soldiers, an official said Thursday.  Read more »

Jolo twin blasts, 2019 church bombing have same mastermind: military

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 27 07:46 AM

One mastermind orchestrated the double bombing that killed 15 people in Jolo, Sulu this week and the deadly explosions near a church there last year, a military official said Thursday. Read more »

Military, police ramp up search for more suspects in Jolo bombings

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 06:26 PM

Philippine authorities are searching for more suspects involved in Monday's twin explosions in Jolo, Sulu that left scores of security forces and civilians killed and wounded, the deadliest such attack in the country this year. Read more »

Military names Sulu attackers: Suicide bomber's widow, Abu Sayyaf leader's wife

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 01:06 PM

The double bombing that killed 14 people in Sulu province this week was the handiwork of the widow of a Filipino suicide bomber and the wife of an Abu Sayyaf leader, a military official said Wednesday.  Read more »

Intel officers killed by police in June were tracking Sulu suicide bombers: army chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 10:13 PM

The Philippine military said two female suicide bombers were behind the deadly blasts that rocked Sulu province on Monday.  Read more »

Bato cites Jolo blasts to slam anti-terror law critics: 'Ito na po ang kasagutan sa inyo'

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 05:09 PM

In a privileged speech, Dela Rosa cited the attacks in Jolo as the "answer" to those questioning the timing of anti-terror law's passage.    Read more »