Saturday

January 6, 2018

Armed conflicts and attacks

Casamance conflict

Gunmen kill 13 people near the town of Ziguinchor, Senegal. (France 24)

Kashmir conflict

An IED bombing kills four Indian Reserve policemen patrolling a deserted market in the upper northwestern city of Sopore, India. Jaish-e-Mohammed militants, fighting against Indian rule in Kashmir, claim responsibility for the attack. (AP via The Washington Post) (Gulf News)

Disasters and accidents

Sanchi oil tanker collision

Thirty-two sailors are missing after Iranian oil tanker MV Sanchi and Chinese freighter CF-Crystal collide off the east coast of China. The collision ignites the oil tanker, which carried a 136,000-tonne load. (CNN), (Reuters)