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The following is a timeline of acts and failed attempts that can be considered non-state terrorism in 2010.

January

Date Dead Injured Location and description
January 1 105 100+ Pakistan 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 Denmark 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.
January 2 5 6 Afghanistan 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 Iraq 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 Pakistan Hangu, Pakistan A bomb attack hits the north-western Pakistani town of Hangu, killing a former provincial minister and two other people.
January 4 1 5 Iraq 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 Iraq 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.
January 5 0 12 Iraq Mosul, Iraq A car bomb exploded near an Iraqi Christian Church wounding a dozen people.

References

  1. "Pakistan volleyball crowd 'hit by suicide bomber'". BBC News. January 1, 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
  2. "Danish police shoot intruder at cartoonist's home". BBC News. January 2, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2010.
  3. "Bomb kills 5 civilians in southwest Afghanistan". Yahoo News. January 2, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2010.
  4. "Two killed, 14 injured in Baghdad violence". Xinhua. January 2, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2010.
  5. "Bomb kills ex-Pakistan minister". BBC News. January 3, 2010. Retrieved January 3, 2010.
  6. "Three policemen killed in north Iraq blasts". Yahoo News. January 4, 2010. Retrieved January 4, 2010.
  7. "Three policemen killed in north Iraq blasts". Yahoo News. January 4, 2010. Retrieved January 4, 2010.
  8. "Car Bomb Explodes Near Iraqi Church; Dozen People Injured". The Christian Post. January 5, 2010. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
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