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TGIS: Thank God It's Schadenfreude! (305)... The Sequel!

This week's bonus joy in the misfortune of others comes courtesy of Wired (from Thursday January 27; link good at time of posting):

An unexpected and unwanted text message from a wireless company prematurely exploded a would-be suicide bomber?s vest bomb in Russia New Year?s Eve, inadvertently thwarting a planned attack on revelers in Moscow, according to The Daily Telegraph.

The would-be suicide bomber was planning to detonate a suicide belt bomb near Red Square, a plan that was foiled when her wireless carrier sent her an SMS while she was still at a safe house, setting off the bomb and killing her. The message reportedly wished her a Happy New Years, according to the report, which sourced the info from security forces in Russia.

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Full post as published by Infamy or Praise on January 28, 2011 (boomark / email).