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The following is a timeline of acts and failed attempts that can be considered non-state terrorism in 2010.
Incidents by country
- Iraq - 17
- Pakistan - 15
- Afghanistan - 6
- United Kingdom - 5
- Russia - 4
- India - 2
- France - 2
- Thailand - 2
- Sri Lanka - 2
- Israel - 2
- United States - 1
- Greece - 1
- Angola - 1
- Denmark - 1
- Egypt - 1
- Jordan - 1
- Sweden - 1
- Iran - 1
- Philippines - 1
- Colombia - 1
- Serbia - 1
- Somalia -1
- Saudi Arabia -1
List of terrorist incidents. Remember that not all incidents are necessarily attacks, some such as, February 8, 17, are still terrorist incident related and therefore should be listed.
January
Date | Dead | Injured | Location and description |
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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. |
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 an axe. 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. |
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. |
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. |
January 3 | 3 | 0 | Hangu, Pakistan A bomb attack hit the north-western Pakistani town of Hangu, killing a former provincial minister and two other people. |
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. |
January 4 | 2 | 3 | Kirkuk, Iraq A second bomb targeting a municipal government official in Kirkuk went off several hours after the first bombing, killing two more policemen and injuring three people. |
January 5 | 0 | 12 | Mosul, Iraq A car bomb exploded near an Iraqi Christian Church, wounding a dozen people. |
January 6 | 4 | 11 | Pakistan-administered Kashmir, Pakistan A suicide bomber targeted a Pakistan army patrol in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir, killing four Pakistani soldiers and injuring eleven other soldiers. Pakistan officials blamed the attack on the Pakistani Taliban. |
January 6 | 7 | 20 | Makhachkala, Russia Russian police were targeted in Dagestan by a suicide bomber in the capital of Makhachkala. Seven police officers were killed in the explosion and at least twenty people were injured. The suicide car bomber had attempted to drive a vehicle into a police depot but was stopped outside when a police vehicle rammed into it, resulting in a massive explosion. The police officers who rammed into the suspicious vehicle were killed in the explosion. |
January 7 | 8 | 6 | Hīt, Iraq Four explosions targeting a police commander in Hit, western Iraq, killed eight people, including four family members of the police commander, and wounding six people, including the police commander. |
January 7 | 6 | 8 | Srinagar, India Security forces stormed a hotel in Lal Chowk, killing two Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists who seized the building after killing two civilians and a policeman. One Central Reserve Police Force member died in the operation. |
January 7 | 7 | 10 | Naga Hamady, Egypt Churchgoers were sprayed with gunfire as they left midnight Mass to welcome in the Coptic Christmas, killing at least six Coptic Christians and a security official and injuring 10 others, including two Muslim passers-by. |
January 7 | 9 | 28 | Gardez, Afghanistan A suicide bomber detonated at a market, the target appeared to have been the commander of a private security firm working for American forces who was killed in the blast. |
January 8 | 0 | 1 | Randalstown, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom A bomb blamed on dissident Republicans exploded, seriously injuring a Catholic police officer in Randalstown, County Antrim. The police officer had been on the Northern Ireland police force for ten years and was the first injured in a dissident republican attack since a bomb attack in October 2008. |
January 8 | 3 | 7 | Cabinda, Angola A bus full of Togo football players was sprayed with machine gun fire as it crossed from Republic of Congo territory into Angola. The government declared the incident "an act of terrorism," while rebels affiliated with the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda - Military Position (FLEC-PM) claimed responsibility. |
January 9 | 0 | 0 | Athens, Greece An explosive device detonated outside the parliament building in Athens, Greece, resulting in minimal damage and no injuries. |
January 11 | 0 | 0 | Malmö, Sweden Early Monday a large explosive device detonated outside a nightclub in Malmö, Sweden causing extensive damage to property but no one was killed or injured in the blast. Police have reported it as a crime that "endangered the public" as if the nightclub had been opened or if vehicles had been on the road police indicated the explosion could have been deadly. |
January 11 | 0 | 5 | Baghdad, Iraq A bomb attached to a vehicle in an Iraqi lawmaker's convoy detonated injuring three security guards assigned to protecting the Independent Shite lawmaker and two civilians near-by. The lawmaker was not in the convoy at that time. |
January 12 | 1 | 2 | Tehran, Iran Tehran University professor, particle physics scientist Massoud Ali-Mohammadi was killed in a remote control bomb explosion in the Iranian capital and at least two people were lightly wounded in the explosion. The Iranian government immediately blamed Israel and the United States for the bombing. No organization has yet reliably claimed responsibility |
January 12 | 1 | 5 | Peshawar, Pakistan A rocket struck a two storey building in Peshawar resulting in the building collapsing. Emergency services were able to evacuate five people to hospital with various injuries but one person was reported trapped in the building as is presumed dead from the terrorist incident. |
January 12 | 0 | 0 | Dagestan, Russia A bomb explosion on a pipeline left more than 200,000 people without gas for 48 hours. This blast reportedly targeted the Mozdok-Kazimagomed pipeline and knocked out supplies for the the major town of Derbent, as well as other surrounding districts in the area. |
January 13 | 7 | 6 | Saqlawiyah, Iraq A suicide truck bomber killed five policemen, a civilian and injured six civilians in a suicide attack in Anbar Province in the city of Saqlawiyah including a child. |
January 13 | 1 | 11 | Pattani Province, Thailand Mayo district chief Wirat Prasetto was seriously injured along with ten other civilians when a bomb detonated at a pier in Pattani province. The bombing is being blamed on Muslim insurgents. One person was killed in the explosion. |
January 14 | 21 | 13 | Dihrawud, Afghanistan A suicide bomber on foot detonated his suicide vest outside a money exchange market resulting in the deaths of twenty civilians and injuring at least thirteen others. |
January 14 | 0 | 0 | Amman, Jordan A bomb explodes near a convoy of Israeli diplomats traveling from Jordan to the West Bank. No one was hurt in the explosion and the convoy proceeded on its way. |
January 17 | 0 | 0 | Coggia, France bombings against two residences, the entry "sdate G. Leclair FLNC piu che mai" is found on site. |
January 18 | 10 | 71 | Kabul, Afghanistan At least five suicide bombers detonated their suicide vests throughout Kabul killing three police officers and two civilians. Seventy-one people were taken to hospital because of the attack and rumors went throughout Kabul that Taliban gunmen were roaming Kabul. |
January 19 | 0 | 4 | Yala Province, Thailand Three soldiers and a civilian were seriously wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near a market. Muslim separatists are blamed for the incident in the southern insurgency hit provinces. |
January 21 | 0 | 1 | Zamboanga City, Philippines Suspected Abu Sayyaf militants detonated a bomb near the house of a Basilan province mayor. One teenager was injured |
January 22 | 0 | 0 | Colombo, Sri Lanka a bomb exploded against Tiran Alles, the most important allies of Sarath Fonseka, a part of his house and a car was destroyed |
January 23 | 4 | 0 | Gomal, Pakistan A car bomb exploded against a Police Station in south Waziristan, |
January 25 | 0 | 0 | Crossmaglen, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Two people fired shots against a PSNI base in south Armagh, nobody was injured, claimed by Real IRA. The station was petrol bombed two years ago. |
January 25 | 41 | 110 | Baghdad, Iraq Triple suicide car bombings detonate near hotels popular with western business and media. The attacks coincide with the execution of Chemical Ali. Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility. |
January 26 | 21 | 85 | Baghdad, Iraq A suicide car bomber strikes at an Iraqi crime lab in the city. |
January 26 | 0 | 0 | Porto-Vecchio, France A bomb destroyed a house in Porto-Vecchio (Corsica). Nationalists are blamed. |
January 26 | 0 | 6 | Kurunegala, Sri Lanka Six people were injured in a bomb attack during presidential election. The same day, two other people were killed in riots. |
January 30 | 16 | 20 | Khar, Pakistan A suicide bomber detonates at a checkpoint in Khar, the main town in the troubled Bajaur tribal region. |
January 31 | 0 | 0 | Bessbrook, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom The Real IRA claimed responsibility for opening fire on a PSNI police station in Bessbrook. No one was killed or injured in the shooting reports say that high velocity weapons where used in this attack . |
January 31 | 7 | 0 | Arauca, Colombia Several members of the FARC attacked a convoy, 4 policemen and 3 Colombian soldiers are killed. |
February
Date | Dead | Injured | Location and description |
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February 1 | 54 | 117 | Baghdad, Iraq A female suicide bomber detonated among a group of pilgrims making their journey to Karbala as they walked through Baghdad. |
February 1 | 0 | 0 | Mediterranean coastal plain, Israel The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), a Palestinian militant group in the Gaza Strip with close ties to Hamas, tried to carry out an unsuccessful attack on Israel by means of bombs placed in barrels and sent into the Mediterranean Sea from the Gaza coast. |
February 2 | 0 | 1 | St. Petersburg, Russia A bomb explosion on railroad tracks in St. Petersburg injured one worker and is being considered a terrorist attack. |
February 3 | 10 | 70 | Lower Dir, Pakistan A blast near a school hits a Pakistani Frontier Corps convoy. The attack kills several children and 3 US Marines attached as trainers to the Pakistani frontiersmen. |
February 3 | 20 | 50 | Karbala, Iraq A suicide car bomber detonates in a crowd of pilgrims making their way to the Imam Hussein shrine in the city where Shia Muslims are to mark Arbaeen. |
February 3 | 0 | 0 | Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom A pipe bomb blast damaged a PSNI police station in Belfast. No one was killed or injured in the blast but over 40 people were removed from their homes after the blast. The Real IRA claimed responsibility for the attack. |
February 4 | 3 | 17 | Kandahar, Afghanistan A suicide car bomber detonates near the centre of the city, three people were killed and seventeen wounded in the blast. |
February 5 | 40 | 140 | Karbala, Iraq Two suicide car bombers detonated on either side of a bridge across which pilgrims were making their way in and out of the city. |
February 5 | 33 | 170 | Karachi, Pakistan A bomb strikes a bus carrying Shia pilgrims, killing 12 and injuring 50. A second bomb explodes at the hospital where some of the injured were taken, killing a further 13 people. |
February 5 | 3 | 30 | Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan A motorcycle bomb explodes near a crowd of people watching a dog fight. |
February 6 | 0 | 0 | Peshawar, Pakistan Taliban militants blew up a girls' school, no one was hurt or killed in the attack. |
February 8 | 0 | 0 | Karachi, Pakistan A man described as the top Afghan Taliban military commander and named as Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was captured in a morning raid in Pakistan. |
February 9 | 3 | 1 | Rawalpindi, Pakistan A senior Pakistani politician was attacked by militants in the city of Rawalpindi, in the Punjab province. The politician, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, survived this attack however 3 of his security guards were killed. |
February 10 | 13 | 5 | Khyber, Pakistan A suicide car bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into a police vehicle travelling on a highway in the Khyber area. |
February 10 | 1 | 0 | Kfar Tapuach, West Bank A Palestinian Authority police officer stabbed an IDF soldier to death while he was sitting in a jeep stopped at a traffic light at the Tapuah junction. |
February 11 | 12 | 20 | Bannu, Pakistan Two suspected suicide blasts hit a police compound in north-western Pakistan. |
February 12 | 6 | 25 | Najaf, Iraq Three blasts went off in quick succession on the road into the city, which was a major destination for Shia pilgrims. The bombings were apparently the latest in a series of attacks targeting Shia Muslims in the country. |
February 13 | 11 | 60 | Pune, India A bomb exploded at the German Bakery in Pune, India, a famous and touristic eatery. |
February 13 | 0 | 7 | Baghdad, Iraq A string of bombings targeted groups taking part in Iraq's March election. |
February 13 | 1 | 0 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia The Minister of Sports Saleban Olad Roble died in a Saudi hospital, from injuries suffered in the 2009 Hotel Shamo bombing in Mogadishu. Islamic terrorists were themselves so horrified at the results of that attack that they initially denied responsibility. |
February 14 | 0 | 4 | Bujanovac, Serbia A member of a multi-ethnic police unit in Bujanovac, southern Serbia, was seriously injured in an explosion. Reports said that his wife, and two young women who were passing by, sustained minor wounds in the incident. All four are ethnic Albanians. |
February 15 | 0 | 2 | Mogadishu, Somalia An al-Shabab suicide car bomber attempted to assassinate Somalia's state minister for defence, Yusuf Mohamed Siyad when he drove his explosive-laden vehicle towards Mr Siyad's car and detonated, injuring two of his security guards. |
February 16 | 2 | 25 | Mosul, Iraq A suicide car bomber detonated in Nabi Younus, in Mosul. |
February 17 | 0 | 0 | Baghdad, Iraq Iraqi security forces arrested a suspected al-Qaida weapons dealer and two other suspected terrorists during a series of combined operations in Baghdad. |
February 18 | 15 | 20+ | Ramadi, Iraq A suicide car bomber detonated at a checkpoint near government offices and courts. |
February 18 | 41 | 60 | Khyber, Pakistan A suicide bomber detonated among pro-Taliban militants meeting in a compound by a crowded market selling hashish. |
February 18 | 0 | 0 | Coalisland, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom A pipe bomb damaged the rear door and windows of a house in Coalisland. No one was killed or injured in the balst but one man and three woman were treated for shock. |
February 19 | 0 | 0 | Pakistan Two senior members of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Abdul Salam and Mullah Mir Mohammad, were seized in Pakistan. |
February 19 | 2 | 35 | Nazran, Russia A series of blasts caused by explosive devices detonated at an abandoned house in Nazran. Police at the time were reportedly trying to defuse these bombs. |
February 20 | 1 | 18 | Kigali, Rwanda Three simultaneous grenade attacks on a train station, a restaurant and an office building killed one person and injured about 18 others. |
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