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The following is a timeline of acts and failed attempts that can be considered non-state terrorism in 2010.
January
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| January 1 | 105 | 100+ |  Lakki Marwat, Pakistan A suicide car bomber drove his explosive-laden vehicle into a volleyball pitch as people gathered to watch a match.
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| January 2 | 0 | 1 |  Aarhus, Denmark In an incident said to be terror-related, a Somali man broke into Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard's home threatening to kill the man with a knife. Westergaard and his five year old granddaughter escaped harm when they entered a panic room and called for police, who shot the man. According to the Danish intelligence agency PET, the Somali man is affiliated with al-Shaabab, a radical Islamic militia currently in Somalia.
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| January 2 | 5 | 6 |  Farah, Afghanistan A pick up truck carrying civilians in Farah Province, Bakwan district hit a improvised explosive device laid by militants resulting in the death of five civilians and injuring six others.
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| January 2 | 2 | 14 |  Baghdad, Iraq Two car bombs detonated in southern Baghdad, killing one civilian and wounding at least 14 others. In a separate incident, an Iraqi soldier was gunned down by a sniper in a checkpoint in Sadr City.
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| January 3 | 3 | 0 | Hangu, Pakistan A bomb attack hits the north-western Pakistani town of Hangu, killing a former provincial minister and two other people.
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| January 4 | 1 | 5 | Kirkuk, Iraq A bomb exploded near an Iraqi police convoy in Kirkuk, an ethnically diverse city killing one policeman and injuring five people.
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| January 4 | 2 | 3 | Kirkuk, Iraq A second bomb targetting a municipal government official in Kirkuk went off several hours after the first bombing killing two more policemen and injuring three people.
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| January 5 | 0 | 12 | Mosul, Iraq A car bomb exploded near an Iraqi Christian Church wounding a dozen people.
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| January 6 | 6 | 14 |  Makhachkala, Russia A suicide bomber drove his car into a traffic police station and then detonated his 70kg of explosives. Six policemen were reportedly killed and another 14 were injured in this blast.
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References
- "Pakistan volleyball crowd 'hit by suicide bomber'". BBC News. January 1, 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
- "Danish police shoot intruder at cartoonist's home". BBC News. January 2, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2010.
- "Bomb kills 5 civilians in southwest Afghanistan". Yahoo News. January 2, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2010.
- "Two killed, 14 injured in Baghdad violence". Xinhua. January 2, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2010.
- "Bomb kills ex-Pakistan minister". BBC News. January 3, 2010. Retrieved January 3, 2010.
- "Three policemen killed in north Iraq blasts". Yahoo News. January 4, 2010. Retrieved January 4, 2010.
- "Three policemen killed in north Iraq blasts". Yahoo News. January 4, 2010. Retrieved January 4, 2010.
- "Car Bomb Explodes Near Iraqi Church; Dozen People Injured". The Christian Post. January 5, 2010. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
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