2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing

Lakki Marwat suicide bombing
LocationShah Hassan Khel, Lakki Marwat District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Coordinates32°25′52″N 70°58′2″E / 32.43111°N 70.96722°E / 32.43111; 70.96722
DateJanuary 1, 2010 (2010-01-01)
Attack type
suicide bomb
Weaponsunknown explosives
Deaths105[1][2]
Injured+100[3]
MotiveTerrorism

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.[4] 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.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ a b Lakki blast death toll hits 105[permanent dead link], The News International, 3 January 2010
  2. ^ a b Marwat, Ghulam Mursalin (2 January 2010). "Bomber rams car into volleyball venue". The Nation. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  3. ^ a b Hussain, Zahid (1 January 2010). "Slaughter on the volleyball field as Taleban wreak revenge on villagers". The Times. Archived from the original on 7 January 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  4. ^ "Death toll in Laki Marwat blast climbs to 47". Geo TV. 1 January 2010. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2010.

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