< Portal:Current events
May 5, 2013 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war:
- Israeli aircraft hit at least six targets near Damascus, targeting Iranian-made Fateh-110 missile shipments en route to Hezbollah. (BBC) (The Times of Israel)
- Syria's foreign ministry accuses Israel of helping and working with the Syrian rebels to coordinate airstrikes (Xinhua) (ABC) (The New York Times)
- Communist insurgency in the Philippines:
- New People's Army attack a mining site at Sipalay, Negros Occidental and burn equipment. A firefight ensues leaving five soldiers dead and two wounded. (Philippine Star)
- Somali Civil War (2009–present):
- Eight people are dead after a suicide bomber rams an explosive-laden car into a convoy carrying Qatari officials through the center of Somalia's capital Mogadishu. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the attack. (Voice of America)
- Three people are dead and over 200 are injured when Hefajat-e-Islam and Jamaat-e-Islami clash with police in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (The Hindu)
- One person is dead and another 57 are injured after a bomb detonates inside a Roman Catholic church in Arusha, Tanzania. (Reuters)
- Nigerian Sharia conflict:
- 10 people are killed in an attack on a church and a local market in Njilan, Adamawa State, Nigeria. (AP via The Montana Standard)
Disasters
- A limousine catches fire on the San Mateo Bridge in Hayward, California, United States killing five women and injuring four trapped inside. (Boston.com)
- A military aircraft crashes during an air show killing the pilot and injuring another 19 on the ground in Madrid, Spain. (Kuwaiti News Agency)
- 2013 Savar building collapse:
- The death toll in Bangladesh rises to 622. (Washington Post)
Law and crime
- Six people are wounded during a drive-by shooting outside a McDonald's restaurant in East Palo Alto, California, United States. (Huffington Post) (San Francisco Chronicle)
Politics and elections
- Malaysia's ruling coalition Barisan Nasional retains a majority of parliamentary seats in the general election. (FT)
- Helmin Wiels, leader of the largest political party in Curaçao, is assassinated. (BBC)
Science and Technology
- A test of an M51 missile by the French military ends in failure when it self-destructs in midair. (RFI)
- The world's first gun produced by Defense Distributed using a 3-D printer is fired successfully in Austin, Texas, United States. Security officials worry that such plastic weapons could evade detection at airport screenings. (BBC),(WGBH)
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