Armed conflicts and attacks

Ukraine launches airstrikes more than 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) inside Russia, targeting an oil refinery and the dormitory of a factory producing Iranian-designed Shahed drones in Yelabuga, Tatarstan. Several people are injured. (The Guardian) (Al Jazeera)

• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/02/ukrainian-drone-attacks-russia-tatarstan-oil-refinery-factory
• https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/4/2/drone-strikes-dormitory-in-russias-tatarstan

Armed conflicts and attacks

Eighteen people, including five children, are injured in a Russian missile strike in Dnipro, Ukraine. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-missile-damages-educational-facility-ukraines-dnipro-governor-says-2024-04-02/

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iran's Supreme National Security Council says that it has decided on a response to the Israeli attack on its diplomatic facilities in Damascus, Syria, which killed several high-ranking members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. (The Guardian)

• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/02/iran-response-israeli-strike-damascus-consulate

Armed conflicts and attacks

Armed youths belonging to the Murle people attack a village in Greater Pibor Administrative Area, South Sudan, killing 12 people and injuring 10 others, with 15 children reported missing. Most of the victims were elderly residents. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/least-12-killed-15-children-missing-south-sudan-attack-2024-04-02/

Disasters and accidents

Twenty-nine people are killed and eight others are injured in a fire at a nightclub under renovation in Istanbul, Turkey. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/fire-istanbul-nightclub-kills-15-people-mayor-says-2024-04-02/

Law and crime

A mayoral candidate is assassinated in Celaya, Guanajuato, ahead of Mexico's upcoming general election. (CNN)

• https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/02/americas/bertha-gisela-gaytan-assassinated-mexico-intl-latam

Law and crime

A student is killed and two others are injured in a shooting at a school in Vantaa, Uusimaa, Finland. A 12-year-old student is detained. (AP) (Yle)

• https://apnews.com/article/finland-school-shooting-helsinki-viertola-8f2e89a87bbea73f554f946ca0b785af
• https://yle.fi/a/74-20081687

Business and economy

General Electric finalizes split into 3 independent companies: GE Aerospace, GE Vernova and GE HealthCare. (Reuters).

• https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/ge-completes-three-way-split-breaking-off-its-storied-past-2024-04-02/