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| **Convicted terrorist Ahmed Hassan Mohammed Ali is jailed for life in ] for one count of attempted murder and one of causing an explosion with intent to endanger life. He will have to serve 34 years before becoming eligible for parole. | **Convicted terrorist Ahmed Hassan Mohammed Ali is jailed for life in ] for one count of attempted murder and one of causing an explosion with intent to endanger life. He will have to serve 34 years before becoming eligible for parole. | ||
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| **Three people are killed and 16 wounded when an extremist takes hostages in ], ]. The suspect is killed by police. | **Three people are killed and 16 wounded when an extremist takes hostages in ], ]. The suspect is killed by police. | ||
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Revision as of 18:29, 23 March 2018
March 23, 2018 (2018-03-23) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks- 2017 Parsons Green bombing
- Convicted terrorist Ahmed Hassan Mohammed Ali is jailed for life in London for one count of attempted murder and one of causing an explosion with intent to endanger life. He will have to serve 34 years before becoming eligible for parole. (Get Surrey)
- Trèbes hostage crisis
Disasters and accidents
- A fire at a condominium complex in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, kills at least 13 people and injures another 27, with most people dying of suffocation or jumping from high floors. (The Washington Post)
Law and crime
- Crime in South Korea
- Former President of South Korea Lee Myung-bak is detained on charges of taking bribes when he was in office. (Reuters)
- Censorship in the United Kingdom
- The House of Commons of the UK Parliament discusses implications for freedom of speech arising from a case where a man was convicted of hate crimes for posting a video of a pug responding to Nazi slogans. The case has drawn criticism from campaigners and prominent comedians. (Russia Today)
- Two lorry drivers receive prison terms, one of 14 years, for killing eight people when their vehicles collided with a bus on the M1 in Buckinghamshire, England in 2017. (BBC)
Politics and elections
- Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal
- The European Union agrees with the United Kingdom's assessment of the incident, stating that "there is no plausible alternative explanation" to Russian involvement. (NPR)
- The EU ambassador to Russia is recalled from Moscow. (BBC)
- 2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis
- Thirteen high-ranking independentists declare in front of the judge of the Supreme Court, except Marta Rovira who "self-exile" in Switzerland. (US News) (Washington Post)
- The judge imprisons without bail Jordi Turull, Josep Rull, Carme Forcadell, Dolors Bassa and Raul Romeva. (La Vanguardia)
- The Peruvian congress votes 105–12 to accept President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski's resignation. Vice President Martín Vizcarra is set to take over the role. (ABC)