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SUICIDE ATTACK [1 record]

Record 1 2013-11-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • National and International Security
  • Sociology of Ideologies
DEF

An attack upon a target in which an attacker intends to kill others and/or cause great damage, knowing that he or she will either certainly or most likely die in the process.

CONT

The means of suicide attack usually include vehicles filled with explosives, passenger planes carrying large amounts of fuel, and individuals wearing vests filled with explosives ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Sécurité nationale et internationale
  • Sociologie des idéologies
DEF

Action destructrice et déstabilisante à double effet, entraînant la mort de [son auteur] aussi bien que celle de la population militaire, policière et civile de l'ennemi.

CONT

Un attentat-suicide est un type d'attaque dont la réalisation implique la mort intentionnelle de son auteur. Il est le plus souvent organisé [...] dans le but de déstabiliser les institutions établies par une partie considérée comme ennemie.

OBS

Pluriel : attentats suicides, attentats-suicides, attentats suicide, attentats-suicide.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Infracciones y crímenes
  • Seguridad nacional e internacional
  • Sociología de la ideología
CONT

Cuando el 16 de abril de 1993 [se] cometió en Cisjordania el primer atentado suicida en la historia del enfrentamiento palestino-israelí, los grupos radicales tenían dificultades para engatusar y reclutar activistas dispuestos a inmolarse.

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