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Oz expert wants 'suicide bomber' term changed to 'homicide bomber'

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ANI Melbourne

A psychiatry professor in Australia has called for suicide bombers term to be called 'homicide bombers'.

University of Adelaide psychiatry professor Robert Goldney, who is a suicide prevention experts, said people who kill themselves while murdering others have few similarities to actual suicide victims.

Prof Goldney said using the term homicide bomber was not entirely accurate because of the political and military context in which these deaths occurred.

According to the Courier Mail, he said that the usual feelings of hopelessness and unbearable psychic pain, along with self-absorption and restriction of options in those who are suicidal, are the antithesis of terrorist acts.

 

He added that mental disorders also do not appear to be a prominent feature in suicide bombers.

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First Published: Sep 02 2013 | 2:30 PM IST

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