31.   Investigators in the Indian capital said the ISI had known in advance about the attack carried out by a suicide squad of five heavily-armed men.

32.   A group of retired soldiers have called on the government to set up suicide squads to fight Tamil separatist guerrillas, press reports said Tuesday.

33.   A pan-Islamic militant group has formed suicide squads to attack a forthcoming Hindu pilgrimage in troubled Indian-Kashmir, a top border guard officer said Wednesday.

34.   Bangladeshi intelligence agents foiled an assassination plot targetting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed with the arrest of three members of a suicide squad, a report said Saturday.

35.   Two of the men in custody were believed to be members of the Tiger suicide squad known as Black Tigers.

36.   Only the LTTE is known to have suicide squads.

37.   Only the LTTE is known to operate such suicide squads.

38.   Police are questioning two Tamil men arrested after the blast who allegedly confessed that they were members of the suicide squad involved in the attack.

39.   Sashikala said members of her feminist group have set up a suicide squad for the purpose.

40.   The attack was carried out by a GIA suicide squad.