Current events: 2025-02-22

Wikipedia Current Events · 2025-02-22T19:31:40-0500

Armed conflicts and attacks

Islamic terrorism in Europe
- Terrorism in France
  - 2025 Mulhouse stabbing attack
    - One person is killed and five others are injured in a mass stabbing attack by a 37-year-old Algerian man at a market in Mulhouse, France. The stabbing is being treated as a suspected Islamic terrorist attack. (BBC News)
Gaza war
- 2025 Gaza war ceasefire, Gaza war hostage crisis
  - Hamas releases six living hostages, including pre-war hostages Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed, both captive for more than nine years. (Times of Israel)
Kivu conflict
- 2025 Bukavu offensive
  - Hundreds of Congolese police officers join the M23 movement in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, as the rebel group consolidates its control of the city. Around 1,800 police officers have surrendered and handed in their weapons to the new authorities, according to the Congo River Alliance. (Reuters)
Yemeni civil war
- Operation Prosperity Guardian
  - Houthi forces launch surface-to-air missiles at a U.S. fighter jet and MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Red Sea for the first time with both missiles missing their target. (Reuters)

Disasters and attacks

Real Plaza Trujillo roof collapse
- The death toll following the structural collapse of a metal roof of the Real Plaza Trujillo in Peru rises to six. The Department of La Libertad announces a period of mourning from February 22 to 23. (La Republica)
A bus carrying passengers to a wedding ceremony overturns in Ranhghati, India, killing two people and injuring 30 others. (The Times of India)

Law and crime

UPMC Memorial Hospital shooting
- Two people, including a police officer, are killed and at least four other people are injured in a mass shooting at the UPMC Memorial Hospital in West Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania, United States. (ABC 27) (Fox News)
One person is killed and another is injured in a shooting at the Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. The FBI is investigating the shooting but it is believed the incident was not an act of terrorism. (ABC News)
Mohamed Amra, a French criminal and suspected drug lord known as "The Fly", is recaptured in Romania, nine months after escaping during an ambush that killed two French prison officers. (Sky News)
Three people, including two police officers, are killed during a traffic stop in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. (The New York Times)

Politics and elections

The Vatican City issues a statement informing of the worsening health of Pope Francis after more than a week in hospital due to respiratory problems. Vatican officials say Pope Francis is now in critical condition and that the prognosis "remains guarded". (Reuters)

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