Portal:Current events/2015 February 15
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February 15, 2015 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2015 Copenhagen shootings
- Danish Police seek a gunman who fired on three people near a Copenhagen synagogue a day after the shootings at the Free Speech Gathering. One person dies. (PA via The Independent) (The Australian)
- Danish police kill a man at the Nørrebro train station after an exchange of gunfire. The police believe he was the man responsible for the two previous attacks. (Reuters/AFP via ABC News Australia) (BBC)
- Internal conflict in Burma
- The Myanmar Army kills around a dozen Kokang rebels and capture another eight in Kokang offensive. (AFP via Bangkok Post)
- Boko Haram insurgency
- Libyan Civil War (2014–present)
- The Islamic State releases a video purportedly showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians who had been previously kidnapped in Sirte. (BBC) (Press TV)
- Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi announces a seven-day mourning period and calls for a security meeting with the country's top security body. (Reuters) (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Disasters and accidents
- A house under construction collapses in the Indian city of Mughalsarai in the state of Uttar Pradesh killing twelve people and injuring two. (NDTV)
Law and crime
- A Turkish court remands seventeen police officers into custody for allegedly being part of an illegal wiretapping program targeting politicians, bureaucrats, and businessmen. (LBC)
Politics and elections
- Hamburg state election, 2015
- Voters in the German city state of Hamburg go to the polls with the governing Social Democratic Party of Germany led by Olaf Scholz retaining power. (Guardian Liberty Voice)
Sports
- In ski jumping, Anders Fannemel of Norway sets a new world record with a leap of 251.5 m (825 ft) at Vikersund. (BBC)