Blast kills at least 71 people in Nigeria

On April 14 a parked vehicle exploded at the Nyanya Motor Park bus station in Abuja, the capitol of Nigeria. At least 71 people were killed from the blast, and at least 133 people were injured in the explosion in the outskirts of town. There is no information about what caused the explosion, and no individual or organization has come forward to claim responsibility for the attack thus far.

Stabbing at Pennsylvania high school leaves nearly two dozen dead

On April 10 a 16-year-old high school student at Franklin Regional High School came to school wielding two knives and stabbed nearly two dozen people. The steel blades used were 8-inches long. The student, sophomore Alex Hribal, was taken into custody and charged as an adult with attempted homicide and aggravated assault. Hribal reportedly has no psychiatric or disciplinary problems, and his family has described him as a good student who mingled well with others.

Pro-Russian attack in Ukraine

Pro-Russian activists attacked an official building in east Ukraine, disregarding a warning they had received to leave or face eviction by the Ukrainian forces. A crowd had stormed a police station in the town of Horlivka. Olexander Turchynov said that Ukraine was preparing for an “anti-terrorist operation” against gunmen occupying government buildings in Sloviansk, as well as other towns and cities.

Submarine is sent to look for Malaysian airplane

Australian authorities sent a U.S. navy submersible diving toward the sea floor on April 14 in an attempt to find Flight 370. Investigators reported finding an oil slick above the surface of the water, and a U.S. official revealed that a Malaysian cell phone tower detected the co-pilot’s phone close to the time of the plane’s disappearance. The pings that the search crew had been hearing one week ago, which had been a positive sign of finding the missing plane, have been silent for the past six days.