Portal:Current events/2018 October 27

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

• Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
• A gunman opens fire at the Tree of Life - Or L'Simcha Congregation synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, killing at least 11 people. The perpetrator 46-years old Robert Bowers was an active user of the social media service Gab where he had posted anti-Semitic and racist content as well as one before the shooting that said "HIAS likes to bring invaders in that kill our people. I can't sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics, I'm going in". [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46002549 (BBC)], [https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pittsburgh-active-shooter-near-synagogue-1.4881234 (CBC)]

;Disasters and accidents

• 2018 Leicester City F.C. helicopter crash
• An AgustaWestland AW169 helicopter with Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha on board crashes shortly after take-off from the King Power Stadium Leicester, United Kingdom. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-460064709 (BBC)]
• A seven-alarm fire destroys an apartment building in Boston, Massachusetts, injuring 11 people and displacing 114 residents. [https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/10/27/firefighters-battling-alarm-blaze-back-bay/5UQE3tgwfVqtarY41DyLcM/story.html (The Boston Globe)]

;Politics and elections

• Gabonese legislative election, 2018
• Gabonese citizens vote in the second round of the latest legislative election. [https://www.news24.com/Africa/News/gabon-ruling-party-in-pole-position-as-final-round-vote-starts-20181027 (News24)]
• ALDE European Parliament group expels Catalan nationalist party PDECat amid corruption scandals that affect the CDC predecessor party. [https://www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/20181027/los-liberales-europeos-consuman-la-expulsion-del-pdecat-7114127 (El Periódico)]

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