bra bomb
A bra bomb is a type of bomb worn by female suicide bombers. Concealing the explosives in a bra rather than a vest allows women to expose their midriffs during searches. In 2007, a Tamil Tiger suicide bomber hid explosives in her bra and detonated herself outside the office of a Tamil minister.
bra bomb
- Field
- bra · bomb
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for bra bomb. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q4953124 · wikipedia · Bra bomb
In this article
Overview
A notable high-profile attack involved Thenmuli Rajaratnam, who used a belt bomb or bra bomb in the assassination of Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). In the United States, airline passengers have filed complaints against the TSA regarding intrusive checks for bra bombs. These include a woman who was forced to remove her nipple piercings with pliers and a mother who was instructed by airport security to place her infant on the ground.
Bra bomb is a bra or bomb.
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Bra bomb, revision 1300324415 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Sri Lanka probing bra bomb. Rediff. July 14, 2004.
- 2.Tamil bra bomber targets Sri Lanka minister. Agence France-Presse. November 27, 2007.
- 3.Cbs5.com - TSA Forces Woman to Remove Nipple Rings for Flight.
- 4.More TSA fun -- robot-brained airport security worker makes mother place infant on ground. Boing Boing. 21 January 2004.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Militaria
6,095 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- bow and arrowTerminology
- bowie knifeTerminology
- BoyliyaTerminology
- Boys .55in Anti-Tank RifleTerminology
- BrahmastraTerminology
- BrahMosTerminology
- BrahMos-IITerminology
- brandistockTerminology
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own an object connected with bra bomb?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.