Portal:Current events/2006 April 17
April 17, 2006 (Monday)
- A general strike in Nepal called by political parties opposed to King Gyanendra enters its 12th day, with food shortages and price rises triggering panic buying in some areas. (BBC) Security forces fatally shot a protester and wounded five in Nijgadh, 75 miles south of Katmandu. (CNN)
- 21-year-old Palestinian Sami Hammad, a suicide bomber, blew himself up at the old central bus station in southern Tel Aviv, in the Neveh Sha'anan neighborhood. Eleven people were killed and 70 more were wounded in the blast. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad has taken responsibility for the bombing. A Hamas spokesman calls the attack an "act of self-defense." (Haaretz) (Ynetnews) (CNN) (BBC)