Portal:Current events/2022 August 14

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)