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bomb belt

noun

  1. a belt carrying explosives which is worn around the waist by a suicide bomber

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Salah Abdeslam threw away his bomb belt and fled to Belgium.

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“I think they had no choice. They were stuck with a situation where there was a credible threat of a bomb belt around his body and it’s an awful situation for any police officer, any public servant to be put in,” Corbyn said.

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He said: "He was making some noises and moving slightly. I put the cuffs straight on. I looked down and could see a bomb belt around his waist."

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In one high-profile incident last summer, a suicide bomber detonated his bomb belt in a Kabul education centre, killing 48 people and wounding 67 more.

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Tunisian radio station Mosaique FM said the attacker was wearing a homemade bomb belt with a small quantity of explosives.

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