Suicide bombing
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A suicide bombing is an attack made in which the attacker expects to, and usually does, die. Such tactics are common among terrorist groups who profess a belief system that values the group, or an afterlife, over life on Earth, often out of perceived desperation. Suicide bombers are commended as heroes and martyrs amongst their own.
They are particularly associated in the public mind with militant Islamist groups at this time, though suicide bombing is not exclusive to Islamist groups. Suicide bombing in fact finds its roots with the Hinduist Tamil Tigers of Sri Lanka, a terrorist organization which supports a sovereign socialist Tamil state in the north and east of Sri Lanka. Though it would appear they are dominantly politically motivated, the group has always been heavily ethnically and religiously motivated, much like their contemporary Islamic counterparts.
