Portal:Current events/2023 October 6
October 6, 2023 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war
- Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war
- October 2023 Northern Syria clashes
- Two Turkish soldiers are killed when the Syrian Army fires on their positions with artillery in northern Syria. (SOHR)
- October 2023 Northern Syria clashes
- Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- A 19-year-old Palestinian man is shot and killed by Israeli settlers attacking the city of Huwara, Palestine. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- Oaxaca migrant bus crash
- Floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rain occur in Sri Lanka, with five people killed and five others injured when a tree falls on a bus in Colombo. Another person is killed by a falling rock in Galle District. (AP)
- Six people are killed and 38 others are injured in a fire at a six-storey residential building in Mumbai, India. (AP)
- A Piper PA-34 Seneca training plane crashes in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada, killing all three on board. (Vancouver Sun)
Law and crime
- Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her support of feminism and human rights. (BBC News) (The Guardian)
Politics and elections
- Charlot Salwai is elected as Prime Minister of Vanuatu following a no-confidence vote against Sato Kilman. (AFP via Barron's)