Portal:Current events/2019 July 15
July 15, 2019 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Afghanistan
- A landmine blast in the Khakrez District kills 11 pilgrims, including seven children. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Aftermath of the Charlottesville car attack
- James A. Fields Jr. receives a second life sentence in prison plus 419 years for driving his car into a crowd of protestors, killing one and injuring 28, at the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. (AP)
- A police raid on a neo-Nazi group in northern Italy results in the arrest of three people. Sophisticated weaponry, including a Matra Super 530F air-to-air missile, are seized during the operation. (BBC News)
Science and technology
- India aborts the launch of their Chandrayaan-2 mission to the Moon due to a technical snag glitch reported in the rocket launcher. (AP)