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6 Oktober 2023
(Jumat)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war
- Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war
- October 2023 Northern Syria clashes
- Two Turkish soldiers are killed after the Syrian army fired on their positions with artillery in northern Syria. (SOHR)
- October 2023 Northern Syria clashes
- Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war
Disasters and accidents
- Oaxaca migrant bus crash
- Floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rain occur in Sri Lanka, with five people killed and five others injured when a tree falls on a bus in Colombo. Another person is killed by a falling rock in Galle District. (AP)
- Six people are killed and 38 others are injured in a fire at a six-storey residential building in Mumbai, India. (AP)
- The Community of Railway Workers of Belarus says that an explosion near the Aziaryšča railway station damaged a railway line used to transport Russian soldiers and military equipment. The cause of the blast remains unknown. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Law and crime
- Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her support of feminism and human rights. (BBC News) (The Guardian)
Politics and elections
- Charlot Salwai is elected as Prime Minister of Vanuatu following a no-confidence vote against Sato Kilman. (AFP via Barron's)