Text message blows up suicide bomber by accident

Spam saving lives.

This happened on the 2009 Christmas episode of <i>Bones</i>.<p>A guy gets forced into a suicide bomb vest and then it's prematurely detonated. The trigger turned out to be a radio signal from a nearby pirate radio broadcaster who happened to be on the same frequency as the bomber's detonator.<p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1541172/synopsis" rel="nofollow">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1541172/synopsis</a>

So, does this make the one who sent the text message a murderer?

So the bombing at the airport wasn't an isolated incident, but a planned attack. What's the motive behind it? Why Russia?

That's why you buy a new pre-paid phone to use as the trigger.

She started the new year off with a bang.

Why should she use a text-message for a belt bomb? Wouldn't a simple switch be sufficient?<p>I don't think this is a credible source.

So, how about sending a text message to every phone every 5 minutes. Vendors could agree on a message they will ignore that will just set off the vibration motor in the phone. You'd have to hack the firmware to get around that, which I would consider beyond the skills of most bomb makers, if not all of them.<p>Of course it would take a few years to phase out all the old phones but you could then pretty much spot a potential bomber by checking the age of the IMEI.