[cac04]

I believe the first suicide bomb attacks were committed by Tamil Tigers.

[singlecomment17]

... who were Hindus.

As an aside, they also carried out attacks against Tamil Muslims in areas they claimed as theirs (Tigers').

[cac04]

Erm, no. The Tamil Tigers were avowed atheists.

Here's one citation, you can probably find many others: http://preview.tinyurl.com/p6s9n9k