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Portal:Current events/2021 April 3

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Armed conflicts and attacks

  • Somali Civil War
  • Ten people are killed and four more are wounded after a suicide bomber detonates his device near makeshift kiosks in Mogadishu. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-somalia-attack/ten-killed-in-suicide-bomb-attack-in-somali-capital-idUSKBN2BQ04X (Reuters)]
  • Al-Shabaab militants attack two military bases in Lower Shabelle with suicide car bombings and mortar shells. Nine Somali soldiers are killed and eleven others are injured. An army general says 76 militants are killed in retaliation, and ten captured. [https://www.voanews.com/africa/al-shabab-attacks-military-bases-southern-somalia (VOA)]
  • Naxalite insurgency
  • A gun battle between security forces and rebels in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh results in the deaths of 22 state paramilitary personnel and one militant. Thirty more soldiers are wounded. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/4/indian-forces-killed-gunbattle-with-maoist-rebels (Al Jazeera)]

Arts and culture

  • The remains of 22 pharaohs are transferred from Cairo's Egyptian Museum to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, which is set to fully open the following day, in a procession dubbed "The Pharaohs' Golden Parade". [https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/golden-parade-carries-pharaohs-to-new-home-in-egyptian-capital-1.5373422 (CTV News)]
  • Pope Francis sends a video message to the Philippines to mark the 500-year anniversary of the first Mass on Philippine soil on Easter Sunday. [https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pope-francis-sends-easter-message-to-philippines-to-mark-500th-anniversary-of-first-mass (Catholic News Agency)]

Disasters and accidents

  • 2021 Hualien train derailment
  • Prosecutors in Taiwan seek the arrest of a truck owner whose unattended vehicle rolled onto railway tracks, causing the accident that killed 50 people. [https://news.sky.com/story/taiwan-prosecutors-seek-arrest-of-truck-owner-in-crash-that-killed-50-12264488 (Sky News)]
  • 2021 Suez Canal obstruction
  • The last of the 422 backlogged ships stranded by the grounding of MV Ever Given pass through the Suez Canal, and normal operations resume. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/3/suez-canal-shipping-backlog-to-end-on-saturday (Al Jazeera)]
  • A state of emergency is declared in Florida amidst mass evacuations owing to the potential collapse of toxic phosphogypsum waste reservoirs at the Piney Point phosphate plant. [https://www.reuters.com/article/florida-reservoir/imminent-reservoir-wall-collapse-threatens-polluted-flood-of-tampa-bay-idUSL1N2LX096 (Reuters)]

Health and environment

Law and crime

  • 2021 alleged Jordanian coup d'état attempt
  • Jordanian authorities arrest 20 people, including royal family member Hassan bin Zaid and former royal court head Bassem Awadallah, for a plot to topple King Abdullah II. Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah is also told by security personnel to "cease any movement and activities that could be used to target the security and stability of Jordan". [https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/03/middleeast/jordan-royal-family-arrested-hassan-bin-zaid-intl/index.html (CNN)] [https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/jordanian-royal-detained-for-plot-against-king-abdullah-report-664003 (The Jerusalem Post)]
  • 2021 Northern Ireland riots
  • Three cars are hijacked and burned in Newtownabbey and rioters attack a police vehicle as disturbances enter their sixth day. Police announce seven people aged from 13 to 25 have been charged with riot. [https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40258163.html (The Irish Examiner)]

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