Current events: 2023-05-08

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Ethiopian civil conflict
  • The head of the Prosperity Party in Haruka Woreda, in Ethiopia's Afar Region, is shot and killed alongside his brother by unknown gunmen while coming back from the city of Adama, Oromia. It is the third assassination targeting the party's members in a month. (Addis Standard)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Rajasthan MiG-21 crash
  • Three women are killed and three others are injured when a MiG-21 aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashes into a house in Hanumangarh, Rajasthan. The pilot ejected and is safe. (The Times of India)

Law and crime

• Blasphemy law in Iran, Capital punishment in Iran
  • Iran executes two men for blasphemy. (DW)

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