Suicide Bomber Thwarted By Unexpected SMS

New Year's Eve in Russia, a female suicide bomber was planning on detonating a suicide belt bomb in a crowded area. That was until her wireless carrier sent her an unexpected SMS text wishing her a Happy New Year that set the bomb off, killing her, while she was still in a safe house. What a donkey. Check out the whole story after the jump.

"An unexpected and unwanted text message from a wireless company prematurely exploded a would-be suicide bomber’s vest bomb in Russia New Year’s Eve, inadvertently thwarting a planned attack on revelers in Moscow, according to The Daily Telegraph.

The would-be suicide bomber was planning to detonate a suicide belt bomb near Red Square, a plan that was foiled when her wireless carrier sent her an SMS while she was still at a safe house, setting off the bomb and killing her. The message reportedly wished her a Happy New Year, according to the report, which sourced the info from security forces in Russia. Cell phones are often used as makeshift detonators by terrorist and insurgent groups.

The authorities suspect the female bomber was part of the same Jihadist group that is suspected of hitting Moscow’s airport on Monday with a suicide bomb attack that killed 35."

from wired.com