Attempted Suicide Bomber Killed When Spam Text Message Sets Off Her Bomb Early

There are few things that I find inappropriate to laugh at. One of those things is the recent, untimely death of another human being. However, every rule has its exception, and that includes this one. So, when is it ok to laugh at someone’s death? How about when that person was an attempted suicide bomber and she was killed when a spam text message set off her bomb early.

The incident occurred on New Years Eve when the woman planned on detonating her bomb right near Red Square in Moscow. She could have killed hundreds but, fortunately, she had made a slight error in setting up her cell phone as a detonator: she forgot to turn the damn thing off before hand.

From The Telegraph:

“Security sources believe a spam message from her mobile phone operator wishing her a happy new year received just hours before the planned attack triggered her suicide belt, killing her but nobody else.
She was at her Moscow safe house at the time getting ready with two accomplices, both of whom survived and were seen fleeing the scene.”

Wah waaaaaaaah.

Of course, there is a more serious side to this story (besides the fact that this very nearly was a truly horrific tragedy). Authorities believe that this woman was involved in the same terrorist organization that committed the terrible bombing in a Moscow airport this past Monday.

(h/t Gawker)

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