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- ↑ "COMMUNITY VALUE ABOVE INDIVIDUALISM: A COMMON CULTURAL ELEMENT IN MODERN SUICIDE BOMBERS" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on January 26, 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
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- ↑ "DEATH TOLL COULD REACH 60 IN BOMBING OF PAKISTAN BUS". Associated Press. 29 April 1996. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
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