![Screen shot of video footage of a suicide bomber detonating a bomb during a ceremony.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Akuressa_Bombing.jpg?itok=azPDRhdS)
LTTE suicide bomb attack, Sri Lanka
In this screen shot of video footage taken by a local resident, a suicide bomber sent by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam detonates a bomb during a ceremony at a mosque in Akuressa, Sri Lanka, in 2009. Thirteen were killed.
![Velupillai Prabhakaran.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/200px-Velupillai_Prabhakaran.jpg?itok=ULrhnxZE)
Velupillai Prabhakaran
Velupillai Prabhakaran was the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a militant group that came to be known as the "masters of suicide bombing." When he died, the organization fell apart.
![A Japanese Tokkotai operative flies a suicide mission into the side of the U.S.S. Missouri.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/739px-Kamikaze_zero.jpg?itok=DMKOc5Aa)
Kamikaze attack
![Corporal Yukio Araki holds a puppy and poses with members of his squadron.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/490px-72nd_Shinbu_1945_Kamikaze.jpg?itok=-aGSSe-x)
Young Tokkotai pilots
![Explosion of the Marine Corps building in Beirut, Lebanon.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Beirutbarr.jpg?itok=jnZsWvlQ)
Attack on the American embassy in Lebanon
![Ignaty Grinevitsky.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/150px-I_Grinevizky.jpg?itok=ITbzghLi)
Ignaty Grinevitsky
![This map of the route taken by the suicide bomber at the American Marine barracks.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/USMC_Barracks_Lebanon_1983_Map.jpg?itok=zyupsGwy)
Map of Beirut barracks bombing
![A graph showing global suicide attacks between 2004 and 2011.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/GlobalSuicideChart.jpg?itok=ArGpfnsO)
Global Suicide Attacks, 2004-2011
Figures from“Worldwide Incidents Tracking System,” National Counterterrorism Center.
![The aftermath of a suicide car bombing.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/800px-Car_bombing%2C_Baghdad.jpg?itok=F_7eS7o7)
Car bombing aftermath
![This Navy photo shows the USS Cole after a suicide attack.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/INTEL-COGNITIVE-Cole.jpg?itok=L8A7D1HC)
USS Cole
![A graph showing Afghanistan suicide bomb attacks.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Afghanistan_suicide_bomb_attacks_incl_non-detonated_2002-2008_UNAMA_red.png?itok=CDXz-fq1)
Afghanistan suicide bomb attacks
![Diagram showing how suicide attackers used airplanes as missiles on September 11, 2001.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/525px-World_Trade_Center%2C_NY_-_2001-09-11_-_Debris_Impact_Areas.svg_.png?itok=FHE8RcVX)
World Trade Center attacks, September 11, 2001
![The south tower just after it was struck by the second plane.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/522px-North_face_south_tower_after_plane_strike_9-11.jpg?itok=o5Ujvagv)
World Trade Center buildings after 9/11 attack