Portal:Current events/2017 September 30

Current events of September 30, 2017 (2017-09-30) (Saturday)

Armed attacks and conflicts

• In Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, near Commonwealth Stadium, a man drives into a police officer and then stabs the officer. The suspect fled the scene and was later arrested that night following a police pursuit, where four pedestrians were hit by the suspect in a rental truck. Police are investigating the incident as an act of terrorism. (Edmonton Journal)(Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• A fire at a retirement home in Bucharest, Romania, leaves one person dead and 19 others injured. (The New York Times)
• A military transport plane crashes after take-off from N'djili Airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing all 12 Russian crew members. (Deutsche Welle via MSN)
• Twenty-nine people are injured, five seriously, when a barrier collapses during a soccer match at Stade de la Licorne in Amiens, France. (AFP via Yahoo! Sports)

International relations

• Foreign relations of Thailand, Rohingya persecution in Myanmar (2016–present)
  • Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it is "closely following the situation" in Rakhine State and offers aid for the governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Abortion in the Republic of Ireland
  • Tens of thousands of protesters march through Dublin to demand Ireland to change its abortion laws, and anti-abortion activists stage counter-demonstrations. A pro-choice rally is held outside the Irish embassy in London. (BBC)
• Nazism in Sweden
  • About 600 members of the Swedish neo-Nazi group Nordic Resistance Movement march through Gothenburg, and 10,000 people hold a counter-demonstration. More than 50 people are arrested and several people are injured during the protests. (The Washington Post)

Sports

• The Australian rules football club Richmond Football Club defeats the Adelaide Football Club in the 2017 AFL Grand Final by 108 points to 60. Dustin Martin won the Norm Smith Medal for best on ground after having won the 2017 Brownlow Medal for the best and fairest player in the competition. (ABC Australia)(ABC Australia)