Over 60 million eligible voters in Germany will today cast their votes in the country's national election to elect a new leader, with Angela Merkel gunning for reelection. Merkel is currently seeking a fourth term in office and to keep her conservative CDU/CSU alliance's status as the largest presence in Germany's parliament.
6 People Injured After Acid Attack At London Mall
The Metropolitan Police reports that 6 people sustained various degrees of injuries after a group of men sprayed a "notorious substance" on them at Westfield Stratford Shopping Centre in east London on Saturday night. According to Sky News, a 15-year-old boy was arrested in connection with the incident. His arrest was on suspicion that he caused grievous bodily harm at the Shopping Centre.
Police Arrest 18-Year-Old In Connection London Subway Attack
Police in Britain said Saturday that they had arrested an 18-year-old man in connection with Friday’s explosion aboard a London subway train that injured 30 people.
UN Security Council Approves New Sanctions Against N. Korea
The United Nations Security Council has unanimously approved new sanctions against North Korea, one week after the country carried out another nuclear test reported to the 6th and largest missile test carried out by Pyongyang. The new sanctions which seek to starve North Korea of fuel and revenue for its nuclear programme restrict oil imports and ban textiles exports.
German Court Sends Train Axe Wielding Attacker To Psychiatric Clinic Indefinitely
A German court has sent a man who injured 10 people when he indiscriminately struck passers-by with an axe at Dusseldorf’s main train station has been permanently committed to a psychiatric clinic. The presiding judge in the city of Dusseldorf said that the 37-year-old, who hails from Kosovo, was suffering a schizophrenic episode when he committed the acts and is therefore not criminally responsible.
Terrorist Hit London Again, Underground Train Targeted
Several people were reportedly injured at a London underground station on Friday after witnesses reported a blast on a packed rush-hour commuter train which police were treating as a terrorism incident, Reuters reports. “It is too early to confirm the cause of the fire, which will be subject to the investigation that is now underway by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command,” London police said in a statement.
Pope Suffers Minor Injury During The Papal Visit To Colombia
Pope Francis suffered a minor accident upon his arrival to Cartagena, Colombia, as he was concluding his visit of Sept. 6-11 to “untie the knots of violence” after a 50-year civil war. The pontiff had his eye bandaged and blackened after the accident, he was riding the popemobile trying to reach out to one of the tens of thousands waiting for him along the streets, the car moved abruptly, causing the pope to stumble.