Current events: 2023-01-12

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • A Palestinian man opens fire on Israeli soldiers in Qalandia, West Bank, and is shot dead. In a separate incident, another Palestinian man is killed by Israeli soldiers after stabbing to death an Israeli settler at a farm. (AP via The Washington Post) (Ynetnews)
• 2022–2023 Peruvian political protests
  • The city of Cusco is placed under red alert after clashes between protesters and police leave one dead and 17 injured. (CNN)

Disasters and accidents

• A truck crashes into several minibus taxis at an intersection in Roodepoort, Gauteng, South Africa, killing five people and injuring nine others. (News24)

Health and environment

• Swedish mining company LKAB discovers Europe's largest known deposit of rare-earth elements in Kiruna. (Reuters)

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