In a familiar pattern, both bombings involved successive explosions set at close quarters in crowded areas, a technique often used to maximize casualties.

The Chinese were able to launch several major offensives that maximized Japanese casualties.

His explosive belt included metal balls for shrapnel in order to maximize casualties.

The initial firefight was designed to draw more policemen to the scene and maximise casualties with an explosion.

It was later known that the bomb was detonated during Friday prayers, in an effort to maximize casualties.

The brothers then contact a bombmaker and request that he make a special bomb which will maximize casualties.

In a school shooting scenario, the attacker seeks only to maximize casualties, with most occurring within the first 15 minutes.

The explosives used were mixed with metal balls to maximize casualties, they said.

The suicide bomber had an explosive device hidden in a backpack which was stuffed with metal scraps to maximize casualties.

The Japanese knew they could not win, but the devised a strategy to maximize American casualties.