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Portal:Current events/2018 October 27
October 27, 2018 (Saturday)
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". (BBC), (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. (BBC)
- A seven-alarm fire destroys an apartment building in Boston, Massachusetts, injuring 11 people and displacing 114 residents. (The Boston Globe)
Politics and elections
- Gabonese legislative election, 2018
- ALDE European Parliament group expels Catalan nationalist party PDECat amid corruption scandals that affect the CDC predecessor party. (El Periódico)
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