Portal:Current events/2013 September 29
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Islamist insurgency in Nigeria:
- Gunmen from the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram kill 42 people, mostly students, in an attack on a college in the town of Gujba, Yobe State. (The Telegraph)
- Mexican Drug War:
- Shootings erupt over the weekend in three Mexican cities (Cuernavaca, Fresnillo, Monterrey) where drug gangs are fighting turf battles, killing at least nine people and wounding six more. (ABC News)
- Syrian civil war:
- Activists fighting Syrian government forces say that at least 16 people, most of them students, were killed in an air strike from Syrian government warplanes that hit a secondary school in the rebel-held Syrian city of Raqqa. (Reuters)
- Activists fighting Syrian government forces say that at least 16 people, most of them students, were killed in an air strike from Syrian government warplanes that hit a secondary school in the rebel-held Syrian city of
Arts and culture
- Award-winning American television series Breaking Bad airs its final episode on AMC, concluding the series after five seasons and 62 episodes. (Associated Press via NPR)
Disasters and accidents
- The death toll from a building that collapsed in Mumbai, India, on September 27 rises to 60 as the rescue operation is called off. (BBC)
- Heavy rains in Rajkot, Gujarat, India, lead to damage valued at over 100 million rupees. (Times of India)
Politics and elections
- Voters in legislative election. (BBC)