SMS thwarts suicide bomber’s attempt

Egyptian officials might want to get a whiff of this news after blocking off the Internet as well as mobile phone services (that means calls and SMSes) from the masses – an unexpected and unwanted SMS from a telecommunications company actually caused a bomb stashed away in a would-be suicide bomber’s vest to explode prematurely. This happened in Russia New Year’s Eve, where the incident happened near the Red Square. The would-be suicide bomber was a female, and we guess that she forgot to turn off her handset until the right time came around, since cell phones are well known to be makeshift detonators. Guess this is the first (and probably only) time where spam from a wireless carrier ends up as useful. Perhaps the next terrorism crash course would include a module on when to turn on your phone…