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Two people are killed and at least 12 others are injured in an explosion at a metal factory in Cabreúva, São Paulo, Brazil. Two helicopters and several fire department tanker units are dispatched to the scene of the explosion, which generated a strong fire.
2023-09-1

At least 10 people are killed in a police raid on a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, days after 19 people in Bahia and 14 people in São Paulo State were killed in other raids.
2023-08-2

At least 43 people are killed in São Sebastião and another person is killed in Ubatuba during floods and landslides in São Paulo, Brazil.
2023-02-19

At least 35 people are killed and 71 others are injured when a bus carrying churchgoers to an Easter gathering crashes in Chipinge, Zimbabwe.
2022-04-15

São Paulo governor João Doria announces that the entire state will revert to "red phase" restrictions, which means that all malls and non-essential businesses will be closed for two weeks beginning March 6 in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
2021-03-3

The tornado outbreak continues from Easter Sunday across the Southeastern United States. At least 30 people are confirmed dead.
2020-04-13

The Vilnius City Municipality announces that from March 13 until the end of the Easter holidays all educational facilities in the city will remain closed to contain the spread of the virus.
2020-03-12

Bangladesh celebrates Easter as national holiday for first time in 30 years. The South Asian nation of 159 million is 89% Muslim and 10% Hindu. Pope Francis made an apostolic journey to Myanmar and Bangladesh in 2017.
2019-04-20

Two men, aged 17 and 25 years, attack a school in the Brazilian city of Suzano, São Paulo, with a revolver and a knife, killing eight and wounding 23 people, among students and staff. The two shooters committed suicide after the attack. Police have found a crossbow, Molotov cocktails and a "suitcase with wires" at the scene.
2019-03-13

A bus plunges over a ravine in Brazil's São Paulo state, resulting in at least 18 people killed and 28 injured.
2016-06-9