|
Date
|
Dead
|
Injured
|
Location and
description
|
|
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.[1]
|
|
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. [2]
|
|
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. [3]
|
|
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.[4]
|
|
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.[5]
|
|
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.[6]
|
|
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.[7]
|
|
January 5
|
0
|
12
|
Mosul, Iraq A car bomb
exploded near an Iraqi Christian Church, wounding a dozen people. [8]
|
|
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.[9]
|
|
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.[10][11]
|
|
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.[12]
|
|
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.[13]
|
|
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.[14]
|
|
January 7
|
9
|
28
|
Gardez, Afghanistan
Nine people, including a provincial police commander, were killed by a
suicide bomb attack which injured twenty eight others.[15]
|
|
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.[16]
|
|
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.[17]
|
|
January 9
|
0
|
0
|
 Athens, Greece An
explosive device detonated outside the parliament building in Athens, Greece,
resulting in minimal damage and no injuries.[18]
|
|
January 11
|
0
|
0
|
 Malmo, Sweden Early Monday
a large explosive device detonated outside a nightclub in Malmo, 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.[19]
|
|
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.[20]
|
|
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[21]
|
|
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.[22]
|
|
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.[23]
|
|
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.[24]
|
|
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.[25]
|
|
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.[26]
|
|
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. [27]
|
|
January 17
|
0
|
0
|
 Coggia, France bombings
against two residences, the entry "sdate G. Leclair FLNC piu che mai" is
found on site.[28]
|
|
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.[29]
|
|
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.[30]
|
|
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 [31]
|
|
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 [32]
|
|
January 23
|
4
|
0
|
Gomal, Pakistan A
car bomb exploded against a Police Station in south
Waziristan, [33]
|
|
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.[34]
|
|
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.[35]
|
|
January 26
|
21
|
85
|
Baghdad, Iraq A suicide car
bomber strikes at an Iraqi crime lab in the city.[36]
|
|
January 26
|
0
|
0
|
Porto-Vecchio,
France A bomb
destroyed a house in Porto-Vecchio (Corsica).
Nationalists are blamed.[37]
|
|
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. [38]
|
|
January 30
|
16
|
20
|
Khar,
Pakistan A
suicide bomber detonates at a checkpoint in Khar,
the main town in the troubled Bajaur tribal region.[39]
|
|
January 31
|
7
|
0
|
 Arauca, Colombia
Several members of the FARC attacked a convoy, 4 policemen and 3 Colombian
soldiers are killed.[40]
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