GAS EXPLOSION - Fire fighters were dispatched to Wormeldange as a matter of urgency on Thursday afternoon following reports of a gas explosion. According to police, the incident took place at around 1pm and left one person with serious injuries. The air ambulance was deployed to the scene. The cause of the explosion is not yet known, although it is thought to have occurred on the upper floor of a residential property.
KNIFE ATTACK - Police were called to Route d’Arlon in Belair overnight following reports of a knife attack. The victim of the attack had sustained knife wounds to their leg. Fortunately, police were able to catch the perpetrator at the scene. A search revealed the perpetrator to be in possession of a kitchen knife and a pocket knife, alongside two bags of cannabis, precision scales and a large amount of cash. The man was arrested by order of the public prosecutor’s office.
SCHENGEN COUNCIL - The dispute between members of Schengen municipal council and Valentiny HVP Architects has ended in acquittal for the former, after the architects office filed a lawsuit against the council over a failed project for a school campus and sports hall. Star architect François Valentiny’s office took Schengen mayor Michel Gloden and aldermen Tom Weber and Jean-Paul Muller to court for defamation over cancelled contracts for public buildings. All three were acquitted of the charges this week.
ISRAEL/GAZA CONFLICT - The international court of justice has ordered Israel to allow unimpeded access of food aid into Gaza, where sections of the population are facing imminent starvation, in a significant legal rebuke to Israel’s claim it is not blocking aid deliveries. In its legally binding order, the court told Israel to take “all necessary and effective measures to ensure, without delay, in full cooperation with the United Nations, the unhindered provision at scale by all concerned of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance”.
BUS TRAGEDY - An eight-year-old child was the sole survivor after a bus carrying 46 people fell 50 metres from a bridge in South Africa into a ravine and caught fire. The child, who has not been named, was taken to hospital with serious injuries, the transport ministry said in a statement late on Thursday. The passengers were pilgrims traveling from Botswana’s capital, Gaborone, to an Easter service at St Engenas Zionist Christian church in the town of Moria in the north of South Africa.
PRISON REVOLT - At least three prisoners were killed and six injured in an overnight revolt in an Ecuador prison, from which one of the country’s most feared gang leaders escaped in January, authorities said on Thursday. It marked the latest prison violence in Guayaquil -- the port city that has become a dangerous hub for cocaine exports to neighboring countries. The country’s prison agency, SNAI, said in a statement that the three inmates died when a “clash” broke out with security forces on Wednesday but that the facility “is 100 percent under control”.
FOOTBALL - In last night’s women’s Champions League Quarter Final games Barcelona beat Brann 3-1 to progress 5-2 on aggregate. While Paris St.Germain defeated Hacken 3-0 to progress 5-1 on aggregate.
TENNIS - World number two Carlos Alcaraz was knocked out of the Miami Open quarter-finals on after being beaten 6-2, 6-4 by Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov. Dimitrov will now face Germany’s Alexander Zverev for a place in the final. Zverev held off rising Hungarian Fabian Marozsan 6-3, 7-5 to book his place in the semi finals.
It’s gearing up to be a Cloudio Rainieri kind of day, folks. Expect a full day of wetness (the bad kind), as the rain will be showing up all throughout this grey Friday.
The wind will hopefully give us a break, with a predicted decrease in intensity - but beware, as some gusts might still reach around 50 km/h. In fact, the next few days will still be rather windy.
We’ll wake up to temperatures around 4-6°C, which will climb to 10-12°C in the afternoon. The evening will be a bit chillier, but also (hopefully) dry, as the rain is expected to die down by then.
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