A total of 1,224 people were killed and 2,157 more injured in 52 suicide attacks across Pakistan since January, making 2010 one of the bloodiest years since the turn of the century.
Though the total number of suicide bombings decreased 35 per cent this year as against the past year, 2010 was the bloodiest year since 2001 in terms of the number of the people killed in such attacks, The News daily reported today.
Pakistan witnessed 80 suicide attacks in 2009 that killed 1,217 people and injured 2,305 others.
On an average, suicide bombers killed 102 persons a month this year, compared to last year's average of 101 killings a month.
source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/latest-news/2010-bloodiest-year-for-pakistan-since-2001/articleshow/7157736.cms
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