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March 24, 2024 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian invasion of Ukraine
- March 2024 Polish airspace violation
  - A Russian cruise missile violates NATO airspace over Poland, prompting the activation of aircraft from the Polish Air Force. (Reuters) (Sky News)
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
  - Russia launches major airstrikes on Kyiv and Lviv in Western Ukraine using Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and drones with strikes damaging ground level infrastructure at Ukraine's main gas storage site. (Reuters)
Nigerian bandit conflict
- Kuriga kidnapping
  - The pupils kidnapped on March 7 from schools in Kuriga, Chikun, Kaduna State, are freed. (BBC News)
2024 Ecuadorian conflict
- Brigitte García, the youngest mayor in Ecuador, and one of her advisors are found shot dead in Manabí Province, western Ecuador. (Reuters)
Crocus City Hall attack
- Four Tajik men are charged with terrorism. They are brought to Basmanny District court in Moscow, where they are ordered to be held in pre-trial detention until at least May 22. (BBC)
Salvadoran gang crackdown
- Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announces the beginning of a blockade of four municipalities in northern El Salvador, mobilizing 5,000 soldiers and 1,000 police officers to arrest suspected gang members. (El Mundo)
Three gunmen attack the police headquarters in Yerevan, Armenia. Two of the attackers are injured by their grenades, all three gunmen are detained. No casualties are reported. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

2024 East Sepik earthquake
- A magnitude 6.9 earthquake has hit a remote part of western Papua New Guinea, killing five people and causing extensive damage to around 1,000 homes. (VOA)
Twenty-three people are killed in a rainstorm in Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro states, Brazil. (ABC News)
A rally car veers off the road and crashes into a group of spectators during the Esztergom-Nyerges Rally between the towns of Lábatlan and Bajót in northwest Hungary, killing four people and injuring eight others. (AP)

Law and crime

Assassination of Marielle Franco
- The Brazilian Federal Police arrests three men, including federal deputy Chiquinho Brazão and his brother Domingos, for ordering and planning the assassination of Rio de Janeiro city councillor Marielle Franco in 2018. (G1) (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

2024 Fine Gael leadership election
- Irish education minister Simon Harris is elected as Leader of Fine Gael following the resignation of Leo Varadkar. At age 37, Harris will become Ireland's youngest ever Taoiseach upon taking office. (AP)

Sports

Dutch female darts players Anca Zijlstra and Aileen de Graaf, leave the Netherlands National Team to protest trans athlete Noa-Lynn van Leuven playing on the team. (NOS)

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 '''Armed conflicts and attacks'''
 *[[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]
+**[[March 2024 Polish airspace violation]]
-**[[Russia]] launches major airstrikes at [[Kyiv]] and western region of [[Lviv]] involving [[Kh-47M2 Kinzhal|Kinzhal]] missiles and drones, as one of the missiles violates [[NATO]] airspace over [[Poland]] prompting activation of planes from the [[Polish Air Force]]. [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kyiv-lviv-under-russian-air-attack-poland-activates-aircraft-officials-say-2024-03-24/ (Reuters)] [https://news.sky.com/story/russia-ukraine-war-latest-children-evacuated-as-ukraine-attacks-russia-putin-passes-new-law-to-boost-army-numbers-12541713 (Sky News)]
+***A [[Russian Armed Forces|Russian]] [[cruise missile]] violates [[NATO]] airspace over [[Poland]], prompting the activation of aircraft from the [[Polish Air Force]]. [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kyiv-lviv-under-russian-air-attack-poland-activates-aircraft-officials-say-2024-03-24/ (Reuters)] [https://news.sky.com/story/russia-ukraine-war-latest-children-evacuated-as-ukraine-attacks-russia-putin-passes-new-law-to-boost-army-numbers-12541713 (Sky News)]
-*Three gunmen attack the police headquarters in [[Yerevan]], [[Armenia]]. Two of the attackers are wounded by their [[grenade]]s, while the third has been detained. [https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/gunmen-storm-police-station-armenian-capital-yerevan-news-agencies-report-2024-03-24/ (Reuters)]
+**[[Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure (2022–present)|Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure]]
+***Russia launches major [[airstrike]]s on [[Kyiv]] and [[Lviv]] in [[Western Ukraine]] using [[Kh-47M2 Kinzhal|Kinzhal]] [[Hypersonic weapon|hypersonic missile]]s and [[Unmanned combat aerial vehicle|drones]] with strikes damaging ground level infrastructure at [[Ukraine]]'s main gas storage site. [https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/ukraine-boosts-power-imports-after-russian-attack-losing-generation-capacities-2024-03-24/ (Reuters)]
+*[[Nigerian bandit conflict]]
+**[[Kuriga kidnapping]]
+***The pupils [[kidnap]]ped on March 7 from schools in Kuriga, [[Chikun]], [[Kaduna State]], are freed. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-68649221 (BBC News)]
+*[[2024 Ecuadorian conflict]]
+**[[Brigitte García]], the youngest mayor in [[Ecuador]], and one of her advisors are found shot dead in [[Manabí Province]], western [[Ecuador]]. [https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ecuadors-youngest-mayor-found-shot-death-alongside-advisor-2024-03-24/ (Reuters)]
+*[[Crocus City Hall attack]]
+**Four [[Tajiks|Tajik]] men are [[criminal charge|charged]] with [[terrorism]]. They are brought to [[Basmanny District]] court in [[Moscow]], where they are ordered to be held in [[pre-trial detention]] until at least May 22. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68652380 (BBC)]
+*[[Salvadoran gang crackdown]]
+**[[President of El Salvador|Salvadoran President]] [[Nayib Bukele]] announces the beginning of [[Blockade of southern Chalatenango|a blockade of four municipalities]] in northern [[El Salvador]], mobilizing 5,000 soldiers and 1,000 police officers to arrest suspected gang members. [https://diario.elmundo.sv/nacionales/bukele-anuncia-capturas-y-cerco-militar-por-homicidios-en-chalatenango (El Mundo)]
+*Three gunmen attack the [[Police of Armenia|police]] [[headquarters]] in [[Yerevan]], [[Armenia]]. Two of the attackers are injured by their [[grenade]]s, all three gunmen are detained. No casualties are reported. [https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/gunmen-storm-police-station-armenian-capital-yerevan-news-agencies-report-2024-03-24/ (Reuters)]
 '''Disasters and accidents'''
+*[[2024 East Sepik earthquake]]
-*A [[Rallying|rally car]] veered off the road and crashed into a group of spectators during a race between the towns of [[Lábatlan]] and [[Bajót]] near the [[Danube|Danube River]] in northwest [[Hungary]], killing four people and injuring seven others. [https://apnews.com/article/rally-car-race-accident-hungary-60bb6c1afc9dd6f332e8d3f4ee7b5908 (AP)]
+**A magnitude 6.9 [[earthquake]] has hit a remote part of western [[Papua New Guinea]], killing five people and causing extensive damage to around 1,000 homes. [https://www.voanews.com/a/five-dead-1-000-homes-destroyed-in-papua-new-guinea-earthquake/7541249.html (VOA)]
-*23 people are killed in a [[rainstorm]] in [[Espirito Santo]] and [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro state]], [[Brazil]]. [https://abcnews.go.com/amp/International/wireStory/death-toll-heavy-rains-southeastern-brazil-jumps-23-108444350 (ABC News)]
+*Twenty-three people are killed in a [[rainstorm]] in [[Espírito Santo]] and [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro]] [[States of Brazil|states]], [[Brazil]]. [https://abcnews.go.com/amp/International/wireStory/death-toll-heavy-rains-southeastern-brazil-jumps-23-108444350 (ABC News)]
+*A [[Rallying|rally car]] veers off the road and [[traffic collision|crashes]] into a group of spectators during the Esztergom-Nyerges Rally between the towns of [[Lábatlan]] and [[Bajót]] in northwest [[Hungary]], killing four people and injuring eight others. [https://apnews.com/article/rally-car-race-accident-hungary-60bb6c1afc9dd6f332e8d3f4ee7b5908 (AP)]
+'''Law and crime'''
+*[[Assassination of Marielle Franco]]
+**The [[Brazil|Brazilian]] [[Federal Police of Brazil|Federal Police]] arrests three men, including [[Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)|federal deputy]] [[Chiquinho Brazão]] and his brother [[Domingos Brazão|Domingos]], for ordering and planning the assassination of [[Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro|Rio de Janeiro city councillor]] [[Marielle Franco]] in 2018. [https://g1.globo.com/politica/blog/andreia-sadi/post/2024/03/24/decisao-moraes-mandantes-mareielle.ghtml (G1)] [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/24/marielle-franco-two-powerful-politicians-arrested-over-brazil (''The Guardian'')]
+'''Politics and elections'''
+*[[2024 Fine Gael leadership election]]
+**[[Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science|Irish education minister]] [[Simon Harris (politician)|Simon Harris]] is elected as [[Leader of Fine Gael]] following the [[resignation]] of [[Leo Varadkar]]. At age 37, Harris will become [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]'s youngest ever [[Taoiseach]] upon taking office. [https://apnews.com/article/ireland-premier-simon-harris-leo-varadkar-d63a5d855800dcd2b121ea7b5c1d3f86 (AP)]
+'''Sports'''
+*[[Netherlands|Dutch]] female [[darts]] players [[Anca Zijlstra]] and [[Aileen de Graaf]], leave the Netherlands National Team to protest [[trans woman|trans]] athlete [[Noa-Lynn van Leuven]] [[Transgender people in sports|playing on the team]]. [https://nos.nl/artikel/2514076-dartsters-stappen-uit-oranje-selectie-omdat-teamgenoot-trans-vrouw-is (NOS)]
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