Current events: 2024-03-01

Wikipedia Current Events · Mar 1, 2024

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
- An Israeli airstrike in Baniyas, Syria kills three people, including an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) field commander. (Al Arabiya)
At least eight people are injured after a suspected homemade bomb explodes in a cafe in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. (Reuters) International relations
Haitian crisis
- Kenyan president William Ruto announces an agreement with Haiti to deploy 1,000 police officers in a mission approved by the United Nations to combat gang violence in the Caribbean nation. (Reuters)
- The G9 gang launches an offensive within Port-au-Prince, with its leader Jimmy Chérizier announcing the aim of capturing Haiti's cabinet officials and police chief. Four police officers are killed during a shooting outside a police station. (AP)
Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
- The United States military announces plans to begin airdropping humanitarian aid into Gaza. (Politico)

Arts and culture

Iranian Grammy winner Shervin Hajipour is sentenced to four years in jail and ordered to write anti-American music. (RFE/RL) Law and crime
A soldier kills four people during a spree shooting in the Scheeßel and Bothel rural areas in northern Germany, before being detained. (AP)
19 people are injured, including 6 children, in a vehicle-ramming attack in Szczecin, Poland. Police have ruled out terrorism, and the suspect had a history of mental illness. (Barron's)

Politics and elections