Starting when exactly? I don't see anything significant yet except a particularly "successful" suicide bombing. Suicide prevention month + week.
Could this imply massive suicide attacks a la 9/11? Or ramped up smaller bombings like this? There were warnings that another "9/11" type event might be used to push a timetable or upset plans.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/reflections-on-world-suicide-prevention-day
http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/39087926/health-district-hosts-youth-suicide-prevention-summit
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-45494694
"killed at least 68 people… Another 165 people were injured - local hospitals struggled to cope with the casualties. … Hundreds have died in a wave of recent attacks. *Elections are due in October.*"