Portal:Current events/2022 August 14
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August 14, 2022 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- A Palestinian gunman opens fire inside a bus in Jerusalem's Old City, injuring eight people, two of them critically. Israeli police later raid the Silwan neighborhood, where the suspect lived, and arrest him. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
- Five people are killed and 26 others are injured by an explosion in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The government blames organized crime groups. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- Giza church fire
- At least 41 people are killed and 45 others are injured in a fire at the Saint Mercurius Coptic Orthodox church in Giza, Egypt. (BBC News)
- 2022 European and Mediterranean wildfires
- More than 1,500 people are evacuated from Zaragoza, Spain, due to wildfires. (EMEA Tribune)
- 2022 Yerevan explosion
- Six people are killed, 60 others injured and 18 more are missing in an explosion at a fireworks storage area of a mall in Yerevan, Armenia. The city's mayor stated that there were people trapped under rubble. (Al Jazeera)
- Seven people are killed by flooding caused by heavy rainfall in Pengzhou, Sichuan, China. (AP)