Portal:Current events/2012 November 17
November 17, 2012 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Suspected insurgents detonate a motorcycle bomb in Mueang Yala District, southern Thailand, killing one person and wounding 20, one day ahead of the United States President Barack Obama’s visit to the country. (Washington Post) (Bangkok Post)[permanent dead link]
- Operation Pillar of Defense:
- Two unguided rockets from Gaza land outside Jerusalem and two more land outside Tel-Aviv. Out of the 350 rockets fired since the start of Operation Pillar of Defense, the Iron Dome missile system has shot down over 200 rockets. (The Jerusalem Post)
Disasters and accidents
- A school bus carrying about 60 schoolchildren is hit by a train near Manfalut, 350 km (230 miles) south of Egyptian capital Cairo. At least 50 children and the driver are killed in the crash. The Egyptian minister of transport, Mohamed Rashad Al Matini, resigns. (BBC) (Xinhuanet)
Politics
- Bal Thackeray, the founder and chief of shivsena died on 17 November as a consequence of a cardiac arrest.
Law and crime
- Authorities in Bolivar, Missouri, arrest Blaec Lammers, 20, after he is accused of stockpiling weapons in an attempt to commit a copycat crime mirroring the 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting, this time targeting the premiere of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2. (FoxNews.com)