This is a timeline of incidents in 2010 that have been labelled, or investigated as possible cases of "terrorism" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism).
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Description | Perpetrator | |
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January 1 | Suicide bombing | 105 | 100+ | Lakki Marwat, Pakistan | 2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing A suicide car bomber drove his explosive-laden vehicle into a volleyball pitch as people gathered to watch a match.[1] | Lone-wolf | |
January 8 | Shooting | 3 | 9 | Cabinda, Angola | Togo national football team attack Separatist gunmen ambushed the Togo football team bus while crossing the Congo border, killing the driver, the assistant manager and a journalist, and injuring nine people, mainly football players.[2] | Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda |
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Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Description | |
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February 3 | Suicide bombing | 10 | 70 | Lower Dir, Pakistan | February 2010 Lower Dir bombing A suicide bomber attacked a Pakistani Frontier Corps convoy. The US embassy said its military personnel had been training Pakistan's Frontier Corps in counter-insurgency.[3] | |
February 10 | Assassination | 1 | 0 | Kfar Tapuach, West Bank | Tapuah Junction stabbing (2010) A Palestinian Authority police officer stabbed to death a Druze Arab IDF soldier while he was sitting in a jeep stopped at a traffic light at the Tapuah junction.[4] | |
February 13 | Bombing | 16 | 60 | Pune, India | 2010 Pune bombing A bomb exploded at the German Bakery, a famous and touristic eatery.[5] | |
February 18 | Suicide attack | 1 (+1) | 13 | Austin, Texas, United States | 2010 Austin suicide attack Andrew Joseph Stack III crashed his plane into an IRS building killing himself and a person inside the building. The crash caused a serious fire and significant damage to the building. | |
February 26 | Suicide bombing; possible offensive fighting | 17 | 32 | Kabul, Afghanistan | February 2010 Kabul attack A suicide bomber detonated in an area containing a shopping centre, guest house and hotel, with gunfire heard after at least two blasts.[6] |
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Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Description | |
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March 8–12 | Suicide bombing | 72+ | 190+ | Lahore, Pakistan | March 2010 Lahore bombings Three suicide bombings occurred on two separate days, in which a car bomb struck a Federal Investigation Agency's office, and the other two suicide bombers detonated simultaneously whilst targeting a passing military convoy.[7] | |
March 29 | Suicide bombing | 40 | 100+ | Moscow, Russia | 2010 Moscow Metro bombings Two female Shahidka suicide bombers detonated their explosive-belts on the Moscow Metro at the peak of the morning rush hour.[8] | |
March 31 | Suicide bombing | 12 | 25 | Kizlyar, Russia | 2010 Kizlyar suicide bombings A suicide car bomber detonated outside the offices of the local interior ministry and the FSB intelligence agency. Another suicide bomber impersonating as a police officer then detonated 20 minutes later on the same street as a crowd gathered.[9] |
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Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Description | |
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April 4 | Suicide car bombing | 42 | 224 | April 4, 2010 Baghdad bombings Three suicide car bombers hit in the centre of Baghdad. One explosion occurred near the Iranian embassy while the other two explosions occurred in the west-central Mansour district. The Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility for the attacks. It has also been reported that at least one of these blasts struck near the offices of pro-Iranian politician, Ahmed Chalabi.[10] [11] | ||
April 19 | Suicide bombing | 25+ | 30+ | Peshawar, Pakistan | 19 April 2010 Peshawar bombing A suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a marketplace during a public protest.[12] | |
April 23 | Bombing | 85 | 145+ | Anbar, Baghdad, Iraq | April 2010 Baghdad bombings A wave of bomb attacks occurred across the Baghdad. Most of these attacks were near Shia mosques during prayers; one bomb went off near the offices of a prominent Shia cleric. Another attack involved a series of coordinated bombs being detonated in Khaldiya in Anbar province. Reports claimed the attacks were retaliation for the killings of three senior Al-Qaeda leaders by Iraqi security forces.[13] |
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Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Description | |
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May 1 | Attempted bombing | 0 | 0 | New York City, United States | 2010 Times Square car bombing attempt A car bomb was placed at Times Square but failed to detonate. Several days later, a Pakistani-American male was arrested in connection with the bombing attempt. He also had ties with the Taliban.[14] | |
May 20 | Shooting | 2 (+2) | 2 | West Memphis, United States | 2010 West Memphis police shootings Two police officers were shot and killed during a traffic stop. Police identified and killed two suspects, identified as Jerry Kane, Jr., and his son, Joseph Kane.[15] | |
May 28 | Grenades, shooting | 94 | 120+ | Lahore, Pakistan | 2010 Ahmadiyya mosques massacre This terrorist attack took place on two Ahmadi mosques simultaneously. |
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Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Description | |
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July 1 | Suicide bombing | 50 | 200+ | Lahore, Pakistan | July 2010 Lahore bombings Two suicide bombers blew themselves up.[16] | |
July 2 | Bombing | 1 | 11 | Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia | 2010 Mitrovica attacks A bomb exploded during a demonstration against the opening of a government office in the Serbian enclave. The only fatality was a Bosniak who lived in the Bosnian Mahal.[17] | |
July 7 | Suicide bombing | 70+ | 400+ | Baghdad, Iraq | July 2010 Baghdad attacks A suicide bomber killed more than 70 people and some 400 have been wounded in bomb attacks on Shia pilgrims converging on a shrine.[18] | |
July 9 | Suicide bombing | 105 | 120+ | Mohmand Agency, Pakistan | Mohmand Agency bombing A suicide bomb attack at a tribal meeting killed at least 104 people and wounded more than 120. This was the deadliest attack in the country so far in 2010.[19] | |
July 12 | Bombing | 74 | 70 | Kampala, Uganda | 2010 Kampala attacks Several suicide bombings were carried out around crowds watching the World Cup.[20] | |
July 15 | Suicide bombing | 28 | 300+ | Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchistan Province, Iran | 2010 Zahedan bombings Two suicide bombers at Shi'ite mosque by Sunni–Baloch group Jundullah.[21] |
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Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Description | |
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August 17 | Suicide bombing | 69+ | 170+ | Baghdad, Iraq | 17 August 2010 Baghdad bombings At least 69 people killed and more than 170 injured in a suicide attack on an army recruitment centre.[22] | |
August 25 | Suicide bombings/Car bombings/IEDs | 53+ | 270+ | Iraq | 25 August 2010 Iraq bombings A series of suicide bombings, car bombings and IED attacks occurred across various cities and towns across the country.[23] | |
August 31 | Fighting | 4 | 0 | Kiryat Arba, West Bank, Israel | August 2010 West Bank shooting attack 4 Israeli civilians, including a pregnant woman, were killed by Hamas militants while driving on route 60. Witnesses say the victims were gunned down in their seats. Israeli sources described the incident as one of the "worst" acts of terror in recent years by Palestinian militants.[24] |
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Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Description | |
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September 1 | Suicide bombing | 38 | 250 | Lahore, Pakistan | September 2010 Lahore bombings Three bombings killed 25 and injured 170.[25] | |
September 3 | Suicide bombing | 73+ | 200+ | Quetta, Pakistan | September 2010 Quetta bombing Two suicide bombings against a Shiite's Quds Day procession and an Ahmadi mosque killed several people.[26] | |
September 10 | Bombing (alleged) | 0 | 1 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Hotel Jørgensen explosion In an incident suggested to be terror-related aimed at newspaper Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten office in Aarhus,[27] a man of Chechnyan origin[28] allegedly caused an explosion in the basement of a Copenhagen hotel. After the unsuccessful attack, the perpetrator fled to the nearby Ørstedsparken, where he was caught by police. The police feared that the man had an undetonated bomb in his backpack and avoided coming near the man, until the detonation machine known as "Rullemarie", shot at the backpack to confirm that the content was harmless.[29] | |
September 16 | Bombing | 12 | 3 | Hakkâri Province, Turkey | 2010 Hakkâri bus bombing An attack occurred when a remote-controlled device exploded, on a minibus in the village of Gecitli near the borders with Iraq and Iran. 12 people died, and another 3 were injured.[30] |
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Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Description | |
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October 1 | Bombing | 12 | 17 | Abuja, Nigeria | October 2010 Abuja bombings Two car bombings occurred during celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the nation's independence.[31] | |
October 19 | Offensive fighting/Suicide bombing | 6~20+ | 17~40+ | Grozny, Chechnya, Russia | 2010 Chechen Parliament attack Three suicide militant commandos attacked and stormed into the Chechen Parliament, killing police officers and employees, before detonating their explosive-belts.[32] | |
October 29 | Bombing attempt | 0 | 0 | London, United Kingdom/Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 2010 transatlantic aircraft bomb plot Two packages, each containing a bomb consisting of 300g400g of plastic explosives and a detonating mechanism, were found on separate cargo planes. The bombs were discovered as a result of intelligence received from Saudi Arabia's security chief. They were bound from Yemen to the United States, and were discovered at en route stop-overs in London and Dubai. | |
October 31 | Suicide bombing | 0 | 32 | Taksim Square, Istanbul, Turkey | 2010 Istanbul bombing |
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