Suicide bombing is a very effective method of delivering an explosive device to a specific location. Suicide bombers may use a vehicle as a bomb or may carry or conceal explosives on themselves. The most likely targets are symbolic locations, key installations, VIPs or crowded places. Explosions using homemade explosive devices have caused fatalities, injuries, and damage on a massive scale. The suicide bombers in the 2005 London attacks used precursor chemicals (in particular peroxide-based explosives) and killed 52 people and injured hundreds, many severely.
10.1 Planning When planning protective measures for your site, you should consider:
placing your vehicle access control point at a distance from the site
briefing staff to look out for anyone behaving suspiciously or for suspicious-looking vehicles
ensuring that all visitors have their identities checked
installing a CCTV system