Portal:Current events/2024 January 6

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russian forces attack Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, with S-300 missiles according to local authorities, killing at least 11 people, including five children, and injuring eight others. (CNN)
• Afghan conflict
  • Five people are killed and 15 more injured during the explosion of a bomb planted by Islamic State members on a bus carrying Shiites in the neighbourhood of Dashte Barchi, Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP)

Law and Crime

• A mass shooting happens after an armed robbery inside a home in Reedley, California, United States. Four people are killed from age ranges of 43-81. The suspect was a 17-year-old neighbor and accessories were his mother and the mother's boyfriend.^[1] (GVA)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Salvadoran general election
  • Electronic voting for Salvadoran expatriates in the presidential and legislative elections begins. (El Mundo)