Fifty-seven police and prison officers are taken hostage in six different prisons in Quito as explosive attacks occur in Ecuador's capital targeting the country's prison authority.
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August 31, 2023 (Thursday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Nine soldiers are killed and five more injured during a suicide bombing against a convoy in Bannu District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
An Israeli soldier is killed and two others injured during a vehicle-ramming attack at a checkpoint in Beit Sira, in the occupied West Bank. The perpetrator is shot dead.
Disasters and accidents
Fifteen people are killed in a fire at a clothing factory in Quezon City, Philippines.
Five people are killed and two others are injured when a passenger train collides with track workers doing maintenance work in Brandizzo, Piedmont, Italy.
At least 73 people are killed by a fire in a government building that had been taken over by gangs who rented it out to squatters in Johannesburg, South Africa.
International relations
The African Union announces the suspension of Gabon's membership after the country's military instigates a coup d'état.
The United States announces visa restrictions for Sierra Leoneans implicated in undermining recent elections.
The Korean Central News Agency reports that North Korean forces has conducted drills simulating a nuclear missile strike on South Korea, in protest of ROKAF-USAF military drills said to simulate plans for a preemptive nuclear attack.
Law and crime
Proud Boys leader Joe Biggs is sentenced to 17 years in federal prison after being convicted of seditious conspiracy in connection with the planning of the January 6 riot at the United States Capitol.
The Brazilian Federal Police questions former president Jair Bolsonaro in an investigation in which he is accused of smuggling $3 million in diamond jewelry from Saudi Arabia.
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