Suicide attack

Violent tactic resulting in the attacker's intentional death This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article. (November 2025) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. When this tag was added, its readable prose size was 16,914 words. Consider condensing it or adding subheadings. Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page. (January 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this message) The hijacker-pilot Marwan al-Shehhi carried out a suicide dive on the South Tower (left) with United Airlines Flight 175 during the September 11 attacks, New York CityTwo Kamikaze pilots: Lt. Yoshinori Yamaguchi's Yokosuka D4Y (left) in a suicide dive against USS Essex on 25 November 1944 and pilot Yukio Araki (right) died in a suicide attack on 27 May 1945, at age 17 Part of a series onSuicide Social aspects ACEs Altruistic Bullying List of suic