Pakistan Five Pakistani police officials are suspended due to their negligence in the kidnapping of British Pakistani boy Sahil Saeed.
Switzerland Voters in Switzerland take part in a referendum on whether to provide lawyers for non-human animals and other issues.
Iraq Voters in Iraq take part in parliamentary elections and a referendum on the Status of Forces Agreement.
Melbourne Melbourne, Australia experiences flooding after a once-in-a-century thunderstorm of marble-sized hailstones which tears the roof from a railway station and leads to the postponement of sports fixtures. A state of emergency is declared in Queensland.
Christian Hundreds of Christian villagers are hacked to death with machetes by Muslim herders in Dogo-Nahawa, Nigeria.