Portal:Current events/2023 May 6

May 6, 2023 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022–2023 Western Russia attacks
  - Russian nationalist writer Zakhar Prilepin is injured and his driver is killed when their vehicle is hit by a car bomb in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. (BBC News)
2023 Manipur violence
- At least 30 people are killed in ethnic clashes in Manipur, India, after a rally by indigenous communities against moves to grant tribal status to the main ethnic group in the state. (BBC News)
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Two Palestinian men, members of the Tul Karm Battalion, are killed during a raid by the Israeli Defense Forces in Tulkarm in the West Bank. (Haaretz)
Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
- Two People's Anti-Fascist Front militants are killed and another is injured during two raids by Indian soldiers in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, after five soldiers were killed yesterday. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

2023 Yanaquihua gold mine fire
- At least 27 people are killed after a fire breaks out in a gold mine in Yanaquihua District, Condesuyos Province, Peru. (Reuters)
2023 Alberta wildfires
- Over 25,000 residents in Alberta, Canada, are ordered to evacuate because of wildfires. (CNN)

Law and crime

Arab separatism in Khuzestan
- Farajollah Chaab, a leader of the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz, is executed by hanging in Iran after being convicted of masterminding a 2018 mass shooting on a military parade in Ahvaz that killed 25 people. (AP)
2023 Allen, Texas outlet mall shooting
- Eight people are killed and seven injured during a mass shooting at a shopping mall in Allen, Texas, United States. The perpetrator is killed by police. (CNN)

Politics and elections

Coronation of Charles III and Camilla
- King Charles III and Queen Camilla are crowned in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London, United Kingdom. (The Guardian)

Science and technology

2023 Asia heat wave
- Vietnam records its highest ever temperature of 44.2 °C (111.56 °F) in the Tương Dương district, Nghệ An province, while Laos records its highest ever temperature of 43.5 °C (110.3 °F) in Luang Prabang amid a heat wave. (The Guardian)

Sports

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