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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 Years, 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.
If true, the SMS might be the only time that a wireless carrier’s SMS message has ever been useful.
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.
Some of the best comments from the site:
Dear valued customer,
Happy New Year! Hope you have a blast!
Brings new meaning to the phrase "killer app".
Ah, kids. They blow up so fast...
Kicked off New Years with a Bang!
"Good news: we've improved our privacy policy!"
Why would something with a willing participant be SMS triggered?
I wish I remember where I read it so I could reference it buuuut...
Suicide bombing masterminds found it was easy to get a person to walk around with a bomb on them. It was hard to get them to push the button. Some weird thing about the human psyche. Solution - remote detonate the bomb!
So. Assisted suicide bombing, huh.
What a new years blast huh!
Bet she got a bang out if it AYE
Apparently the woman had "blue" eyes - one blew to the right and one blew to the left...
terrorist lessons courtesy of Ackmed the Dead Terrorist
She had a premature detonation
