Events on January 1 in history

2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing (January 1, 2010)

A suicide car bomber detonates at a volleyball tournament in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, killing 105 and injuring 100 more.

The 2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing occurred on 1 January 2010, in the village of Shah Hassan Khel, Lakki Marwat District, in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. At least 105 people died and over 100 were injured, many of them critically, when the suicide bomber blew up his sport utility vehicle filled with explosives in the middle of a crowd that had gathered to watch a volleyball game.

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Events on January 1 in history

2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing (January 1, 2010)

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Burj Khalifa

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IPad (1st generation)

Deepwater Horizon explosion

Gaza flotilla raid